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


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