throw away a brick in order to get a gem(pāo zhuān yǐn yù)

throw away a brick in order to get a gem

Throwing a brick to attract jade is an idiom, Pinyin is p ā ozhu ā NY ǐ NY ù, which means throwing a brick to attract jade back. It is a modest way to use one's own immature opinions or works to elicit better opinions or works from others. It comes from Song shidaoyuan's biography of Jingde, Volume 10, master congren of Zhaozhou east courtyard.

Analysis of Idioms

A brick of jade

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, attributive, object and clause. Just now, my maid said a lot about the title of the book. I thought I would have a long insight, but I didn't think so! Chapter 18 of Li Ruzhen's Jing Hua Yuan in Qing Dynasty 2. Fei Xiaotong's a glimpse of visiting the United States: "what I have done is to speak freely. It's enough for me to throw a brick to attract jade."

The origin of Idioms

In the Song Dynasty, Shi Daoyuan's Jingde chuandeng Lu (Volume 10), Zhao Zhou Dongyuan congren Zen master, said, "the public can see it in the evening, and the master says," if you go to answer tonight, you will come out. " Every now and then a monk came out to worship. Nim said, "I've been throwing a brick to attract jade, but I've got a son."

Idioms and allusions

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Zhao, who wrote very good poems. Once because of a "flute yilou" get a "Zhao yilou" title. At that time, there was a man named Chang Jian, whose poems were also very good, but he always thought he was not as good as zhao gu. Once, Chang Jian heard that Zhao Gu was going to visit Suzhou. He was very happy. He thought to himself, "this is a good opportunity to learn from him, and we must not miss it. But how can we make him leave a poem? " He thought, "since Zhao Gu has come to Suzhou, he will definitely go to Lingyan temple. If I leave half a poem in the temple first, he will complete it later." So he wrote half a poem on the wall. Later, Zhao Zhen came to Lingyan temple. When he saw the half poem on the wall, he wrote two sentences at the back. Chang Jian's goal was achieved. He traded his poor poems for Zhao Gu's wonderful poems. Later, it was said that Chang Jian's method could be described as "casting a brick to attract jade". this idiom means to introduce one's own opinions or articles that are not very good in order to lead to other people's high opinions or excellent works. It's an expression of self modesty.

Chinese PinYin : pāo zhuān yǐn yù