敲门砖
Traditional: 敲門磚Dictionary entry
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
What does 敲门砖 mean?
敲门砖 (qiāo mén zhuān) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
2to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
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