created sense approved 抛砖引玉/拋磚引玉 · pāozhuānyǐnyù · to throw out a brick to attract jade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
抛砖引玉 / 拋磚引玉
pāozhuānyǐnyù
to throw out a brick to attract jade
to offer one's own modest or humble remarks to spark more valuable ideas or contributions from others; often used as a polite self-deprecating expression
抛 (literal) → 抛/拋 · pāo · to throw 砖 (literal) → 砖/磚 · zhuān · brick 引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to cause 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 抛砖引玉/拋磚引玉 · pāozhuānyǐnyù · to sacrifice a little to gain much — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
抛砖引玉 / 拋磚引玉
pāozhuānyǐnyù
to sacrifice a little to gain much
to give up something of small value in order to obtain something of great value; to catch a fish with a worm
抛 (literal) → 抛/拋 · pāo · to throw 砖 (literal) → 砖/磚 · zhuān · brick 引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to cause 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition