a mere common brick to draw others into throwing in their pieces of jade(yǐn yù zhī zhuān)
a mere common brick to draw others into throwing in their pieces of jade
Brick of jade, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ NY ù zh ī Zhu ā n, which means to show modesty. It refers to shallow and immature opinions expressed in order to elicit other people's wise opinions. From the biography of lanterns in Jingde.
The origin of Idioms
Shi Daoyuan's Jingde Zhuandeng Lu (Volume 10) in Song Dynasty said: "recently, I have thrown a brick to attract jade, but I have got a pendant."
Idiom usage
It's an object; it's an object. What we have is just a brick to draw jade from. On new democracy by Mao Zedong
Chinese PinYin : yǐn yù zhī zhuān
a mere common brick to draw others into throwing in their pieces of jade
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be blinded by lust for money
be blinded by lust for money. lì lìng zhì hūn
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The Dragon flies and the tiger leaps
The Dragon flies and the tiger leaps. lóng fēi hǔ tiào
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be injured in the sinews or bones
be injured in the sinews or bones. shāng jīn dòng gǔ
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Be lenient if you are in a hurry
Be lenient if you are in a hurry. jí chù cóng kuān
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