敲门石
qiāo​mén​shí

stepping stone

  • created sense approved 敲门石/敲門石 · qiāo​mén​shí · stepping stone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敲门石 / 敲門石

    qiāo​mén​shí

    stepping stone

    (variant form) a means to an end, or a stepping stone to achieve a goal such as a job or higher status; literally, a stone used to knock on a door

    敲门 (literal) → 敲门/敲門 · qiāo​mén · to knock on the door 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone

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

    created sense