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冰磚
bīng zhuān
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ice-cream brick
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地板磚
dì bǎn zhuān
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floor tile
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地磚
dì zhuān
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floor tile
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引玉之磚
yǐn yù zhī zhuān
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lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom);
fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
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拋磚
pāo zhuān
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to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
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拋磚引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
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lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom);
fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
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拍磚
pāi zhuān
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(slang) to throw brickbats;
to criticize harshly
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搬磚
bān zhuān
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to do hard physical labor (as a job);
(fig.) to play mahjong
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搬磚砸腳
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
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to hurt oneself by one's own doing;
to boomerang;
to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
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敲門磚
qiāo mén zhuān
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lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient;
to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
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板磚
bǎn zhuān
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(dialect) wall brick
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標磚
biāo zhuān
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marker brick (in building);
keystone
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添磚加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
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lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom);
fig. to do one's bit to help
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瓷磚
cí zhuān
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ceramic tile
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砌磚
qì zhuān
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to lay bricks;
bricklaying
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砌磚工
qì zhuān gōng
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bricklaying
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磚塊
zhuān kuài
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brick
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磚瓦
zhuān wǎ
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tiles and bricks
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磚石
zhuān shí
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brick
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磚窯
zhuān yáo
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brick kiln
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磚窯場
zhuān yáo chǎng
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brick kiln
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磚紅土
zhuān hóng tǔ
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red brick clay
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磚頭
zhuān tou
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brick
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耐火磚
nài huǒ zhuān
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refractory brick;
firebrick
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軟木磚
ruǎn mù zhuān
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cork tile;
cork flooring
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