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HSK
facing brick; facade tile used to cover exterior walls
floor tile
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砖* | 砖* | *砖
brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL: 塊|块
HSK 7-9
brick
(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly
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
brick
to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉)
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help
floor tile
red brick clay
ceramic tile
to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong
tactile paving tile
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
brick kiln
lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
brick
BRICS (economic bloc)
(bound form) BRICS
gold brick
tiles and bricks
(Tw) tactile paving tile
ice-cream brick / brick of ice
to lay bricks / bricklaying
to unbrick; to restore (an electronic device) to a functional state
tea brick
refractory brick / firebrick
magnesium brick (refractory material)
(dialect) wall brick
brick kiln
marker brick (in building) / keystone
(of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable
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
bricklaying
cork tile / cork flooring
briquette
to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砖* | 砖* | *砖
variant of 甎|砖
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砖* | 砖* | *砖
variant of 磚|砖
HSK 7-9


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