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Trad. 救磚
- to unbrick; to restore (an electronic device) to a functional state
Trad. 拋磚
- to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
Trad. 敲門磚
- lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
- to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
Trad. 黑磚窯
- lit. black brick kiln
- factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
Trad. 引玉之磚
- 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
Trad. 搬磚砸腳
- to hurt oneself by one's own doing
- to boomerang
- to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
Trad. 拋磚引玉
- 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
Trad. 添磚加瓦
- lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
- fig. to do one's bit to help