粵

拋paau1磚zyun1

simp抛砖
paau1 zyun1pāo zhuān

English

  1. to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
  2. simplified form of 拋磚引玉; literally: to throw bricks

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 拋磚引玉嘅簡化

Examples

  • 呢篇文章只係拋磚,希望引起大家對環保議題嘅關注。

    This article is a conversation starter, hoping to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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