引玉之砖

yǐn yù zhī zhuān

Definitions

1. lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)
2. fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas

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Child Words of 引玉之砖

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

to draw (e.g. a bow)

jade

brick