to do hard physical labor (as a job); (fig.) to play mahjong
搬砖砸脚搬磚砸腳ban1 zhuan1 za2 jiao3
to hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
板砖板磚ban3 zhuan1
(dialect) wall brick
标砖標磚biao1 zhuan1
marker brick (in building); keystone
冰砖冰磚bing1 zhuan1
ice-cream brick
瓷砖瓷磚ci2 zhuan1
ceramic tile
地板砖地板磚di4 ban3 zhuan1
floor tile
地砖地磚di4 zhuan1
floor tile
黑砖窑黑磚窯hei1 zhuan1 yao2
lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
金砖金磚jin1 zhuan1
BRIC; BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
金砖四国金磚四國jin1 zhuan1 si4 guo2
Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC)
镁砖鎂磚mei3 zhuan1
magnesium brick (refractory material)
耐火砖耐火磚nai4 huo3 zhuan1
refractory brick; firebrick
拍砖拍磚pai1 zhuan1
(slang) to throw brickbats; to criticize harshly
抛砖引玉拋磚引玉pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4
lit. to throw a brick to attract jade (idiom); fig. I offer a humble remark, please give us your valued opinion (e.g. commonplace remarks as a foreword to a distinguished speech)
砌砖砌磚qi4 zhuan1
to lay bricks; bricklaying
砌砖工砌磚工qi4 zhuan1 gong1
bricklaying
敲门砖敲門磚qiao1 men2 zhuan1
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
软木砖軟木磚ruan3 mu4 zhuan1
cork tile; cork flooring
添砖加瓦添磚加瓦tian1 zhuan1 jia1 wa3
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom); fig. to do one's bit to help
引玉之砖引玉之磚yin3 yu4 zhi1 zhuan1
lit. a brick thrown after a jade; enticing sb to come forward (idiom)