抛砖 pāo zhuān

to start things off; to prompt others' ideas

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 抛砖引玉pāo zhuān yǐn yù)

Characters

Character Meaning
抛 pāo HSK 6
to throw; to toss; to fling
砖 zhuān HSK 6
brick; variant of 磚zhuān; variant of 甎zhuān