引玉之磚

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	jade	's; him/her/it; this	brick
trad. (引玉之磚)		引	玉	之	磚
simp. (引玉之砖)		引	玉	之	砖

Etymology

See the etymology at 拋磚引玉.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyùzhīzhuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ ㄓ ㄓㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ juk⁶ zi¹ zyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyùzhīzhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄩˋ ㄓ ㄓㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyùjhihjhuan
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yü⁴-chih¹-chuan¹
    • Yale: yǐn-yù-jr̄-jwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyuhjyjuan
    • Palladius: иньюйчжичжуань (inʹjujčžičžuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ juk⁶ zi¹ zyun¹
    • Yale: yáhn yuhk jī jyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ juk⁹ dzi¹ dzyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ yug⁶ ji¹ jun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ jʊk̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡syːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

引玉之磚

1. (self-deprecatory) one's own relatively worthless words, opinions, or services, offered in order to attract others' more valuable contributions

   • 對於全國先進的文化工作者，我們的東西，只當作引玉之磚，千慮之一得。 [MSC, trad.]
     对于全国先进的文化工作者，我们的东西，只当作引玉之砖，千虑之一得。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Duìyú quánguó xiānjìn de wénhuà gōngzuòzhě, wǒmen de dōngxi, zhǐ dàngzuò yǐnyùzhīzhuān, qiānlǜ zhī yīdé. [Pinyin]

     Our observations may contain a grain of truth for the nation's advanced cultural workers and may serve as a modest spur to induce them to come forward with valuable contributions of their own.