Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 砖

variant of 磚／砖 (zhuān)

variant of 甎／砖 (zhuān)

brick
tile (floor or wall, not roof)
CL:塊／块 (kuài)

ice-cream brick
brick of ice

tiles and bricks

to unbrick; to restore (an electronic device) to a functional state

brick

brick

briquette

ceramic tile

brick

to do hard physical labor (as a job)
(fig.) to play mahjong

brick kiln

marker brick (in building)
keystone

magnesium brick (refractory material)

(of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable

to lay bricks
bricklaying

tea brick

to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉／抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù))

floor tile

(dialect) wall brick

BRIC
BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)

(slang) to throw brickbats
to criticize harshly

zhuānyáochǎng

brick kiln

refractory brick
firebrick

mángdàozhuān

tactile paving tile

bricklaying

dǎomángzhuān

(Tw) tactile paving tile

lit. black brick kiln
factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor

qiāoménzhuān

lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune

floor tile

red brick clay

cork tile
cork flooring

tiānzhuānjiāwǎ

lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
fig. to do one's bit to help

yǐnyùzhīzhuān

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

bānzhuānzájiǎo

to hurt oneself by one's own doing
to boomerang
to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

pāozhuānyǐnyù

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

Jīnzhuān Sì Guó

Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)