抛砖

Traditional form:

拋磚

Pinyin (reading):

pāozhuān

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 抛 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 砖 - tile, brick

Traditional characters:

• 拋 - to abandon, to throw away; to fling, to toss
• 磚 - tile, brick