拋磚 pāo zhuān

start a topic modestly; get things started

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
拋 pāo
to throw; to toss; to fling
磚 zhuān
brick; variant of 磚zhuān; variant of 甎zhuān