抛砖引玉

Traditional form:

拋磚引玉

Pinyin (reading):

pāozhuānyǐnyù

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 抛 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 砖 - tile, brick
• 引 - to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
• 玉 - jade, gem, precious stone

Traditional characters:

• 拋 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 磚 - tile, brick
• 引 - to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
• 玉 - jade, gem, precious stone