砖

variant of 甎|砖[zhuan1]

variant of 磚|砖[zhuan1]

brick / CL:塊|块[kuai4]

for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized

surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters

rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

variant of 專|专[zhuan1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

ceramic tile

brick

brick

lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune

floor tile

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

ice-cream brick

to lay bricks / bricklaying

to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

(dialect) wall brick

marker brick (in building) / keystone

lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom) / fig. to do one's bit to help

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

(Tw) tactile paving tile

tactile paving tile

bricklaying

floor tile

to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])

(slang) to throw brickbats / to criticize harshly

to do hard physical labor (as a job) / (fig.) to play mahjong