拋磚
pāo​zhuān

to get the ball rolling

  • created reference approved 抛砖/拋磚 → 抛砖引玉/拋磚引玉 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抛砖 / 拋磚 pāo​zhuān

    抛砖引玉 / 拋磚引玉 pāo​zhuān​yǐn​yù

    abbreviation

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 抛砖/拋磚 · pāo​zhuān · to get the ball rolling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    抛砖 / 拋磚

    pāo​zhuān

    to get the ball rolling

    (bound form) to start a discussion or get things moving; used as an abbreviation of [[抛砖引玉|拋磚引玉|pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4]]

    抛, 砖

    抛 (literal) → 抛/拋 · pāo · to throw 砖 (literal) → 砖/磚 · zhuān · brick

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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