抛砖

Traditional: 拋磚

pāo zhuān

Dictionary entry

to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])

What does 抛砖 mean?

抛砖 (pāo zhuān) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])

Character breakdown

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抛pāoto throw · to toss 砖zhuānvariant of 甎|砖[zhuan1]

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抛砖

pāo zhuān

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