砖 zhuān, [塼]/[甎]/[磚], variant of 甎|砖[zhuān], variant of 磚|砖[zhuān], brick/CL:塊|块[kuài] 瓷砖 cízhuān, [瓷磚], ceramic tile 砖头 zhuāntou, [磚頭], brick 砖块 zhuānkuài, [磚塊], brick 地砖 dìzhuān, [地磚], floor tile 敲门砖 qiāoménzhuān, [敲門磚], lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient/to use sb as ... 抛砖引玉 pāozhuānyǐnyù, [拋磚引玉], lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)/fig. to attract others' ... 冰砖 bīngzhuān, [冰磚], ice-cream brick 砖瓦 zhuānwǎ, [磚瓦], tiles and bricks 砌砖 qìzhuān, [砌磚], to lay bricks/bricklaying 地板砖 dìbǎnzhuān, [地板磚], floor tile 引玉之砖 yǐnyùzhīzhuān, [引玉之磚], lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)/fig. a modest sug... 抛砖 pāozhuān, [拋磚], to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pāo zhuān yǐn yù]) 拍砖 pāizhuān, [拍磚], (slang) to throw brickbats/to criticize harshly 搬砖 bānzhuān, [搬磚], to do hard physical labor (as a job)/(fig.) to play mahjong 搬砖砸脚 bānzhuānzájiǎo, [搬磚砸腳], to hurt oneself by one's own doing/to boomerang/to shoot oneself in the foot (id... 板砖 bǎnzhuān, [板磚], (dialect) wall brick 标砖 biāozhuān, [標磚], marker brick (in building)/keystone 添砖加瓦 tiānzhuānjiāwǎ, [添磚加瓦], lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)/fig. to do one's bit to ... 砌砖工 qìzhuāngōng, [砌磚工], bricklaying 砖石 zhuānshí, [磚石], brick 砖窑 zhuānyáo, [磚窯], brick kiln 砖窑场 zhuānyáochǎng, [磚窯場], brick kiln 砖红土 zhuānhóngtǔ, [磚紅土], red brick clay 耐火砖 nàihuǒzhuān, [耐火磚], refractory brick/firebrick 软木砖 ruǎnmùzhuān, [軟木磚], cork tile/cork flooring 金砖 JīnZhuān, [金磚], BRIC/BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) 金砖四国 JīnzhuānSìGuó, [金磚四國], Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) 镁砖 měizhuān, [鎂磚], magnesium brick (refractory material) 黑砖窑 hēizhuānyáo, [黑磚窯], lit. black brick kiln/factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor