拋磚引玉 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 抛砖引玉 pāozhuānyǐnyù ㄆㄠ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ 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 Character by character 拋(pāo)throw 磚(zhuān)brick 引(yǐn)draw 玉(yù)jade A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0