引玉之砖抛砖引玉yǐn yù zhī zhuāna brick-bat hurled to induce others to cast precious stones;a modest spur to induce sb to come forward with his own valuable contributions
❍ 对于全国先进的文化工作者，我们的东西，只当作～，千虑之一得，希望共同讨论，得出正确结论，来适应我们民族的需要。(《毛泽东选集》623) 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,and we hope that they will join in the discussion to reach correct conclusions which will meet our national needs. 引玉之砖yin yu zhi zhuanbrick cast to attract jade |