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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砖* | 砖* | *砖
brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric
HSK 7-9
tiles and bricks
brick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砌* | 砌* | *砌
to build by laying bricks or stones
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
brick
(dialect) wall brick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炕* | 炕* | *炕
kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire
brick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *垒* | 垒* | *垒
rampart / base (in baseball) / to build with stones, bricks etc
to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
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
to lay bricks / bricklaying
to build a structure out of layered bricks or stones
a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶, compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
brick kiln
cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone / mob boss
tea brick
heated brick common bed
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶 for mid-level cadres and 小灶 for the most privileged)
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
brick house with a tiled roof
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
to point a brick wall / to grout a tiled surface
marker brick (in building) / keystone
magnesium brick (refractory material)
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
brick and mortar business / physical (rather than online) retail store
red brick clay
bricks-and-mortar customer; walk-in customer
ice-cream brick / brick of ice
mud brick / adobe / unfired earthenware
sun-dried mudbrick; adobe brick
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墼* | 墼* | *墼
(bound form) unfired brick / (bound form) briquette (made of coal etc) / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
heatable brick bed
brick kiln
refractory brick / firebrick
(of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable
lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor


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