敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
Pinyin

Definition

敲门砖
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qiāo mén zhuān
  1. lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

敲
qiāo
  1. 1 to hit
  2. 2 to strike
  3. 3 to tap
  4. 4 to rap
  5. 5 to knock
  6. 6 to rip sb off
  7. 7 to overcharge
敲门
qiāo mén
  1. 1 to knock on a door
推敲
tuī qiāo
  1. 1 to think over
敲定
qiāo dìng
  1. 1 to come to a decision
  2. 2 to fix on (a date etc)
  3. 3 to determine
  4. 4 to finalize
  5. 5 to nail down (a deal etc)
敲打
qiāo dǎ
  1. 1 to beat sb
  2. 2 to beat (a drum)
敲击
qiāo jī
  1. 1 to pound
  2. 2 to rap
敲诈
qiāo zhà
  1. 1 to rip off
  2. 2 to extort (money)
  3. 3 extortion
  4. 4 blackmail
敲锣
qiāo luó
  1. 1 to beat a gong
敲响
qiāo xiǎng
  1. 1 to sound a bell
  2. 2 to raise the alarm
敲敲打打
qiāo qiāo dǎ dǎ
  1. 1 to make a continual banging sound
  2. 2 (fig.) to provoke with words
敲竹杠
qiāo zhú gàng
  1. 1 extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
敲边鼓
qiāo biān gǔ
  1. 1 to back sb up
  2. 2 to support sb in an argument
  3. 3 (lit. to beat nearby drum)
敲钟
qiāo zhōng
  1. 1 to sound a bell
  2. 2 (of a clock) to chime
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
敲开
qiāo kāi
  1. 1 to get sth open by tapping or striking it
  2. 2 (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门) to open the door to ~
  3. 3 to gain access to ~
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

Idioms (6)

敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
敲门砖
qiāo mén zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient
  2. 2 to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
旁敲侧击
páng qiāo cè jī
  1. 1 to make insinuations
  2. 2 to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

Sample Sentences

西南地区相当于咱们公司进军全国的敲门砖呀，这确实是关键举措。
xīnán dìqū xiāngdāngyú zánmen gōngsī jìnjūn quánguó de qiāoménzhuān ya ，zhè quèshí shì guānjiàn jǔcuò 。
The southwest region is equivalent to a stepping stone for our company to enter the entire market. This is indeed a key measure.
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就是，学历首先是一块敲门砖。还有升职什么的，哪一 样离得了学历。
jiùshì ，xuélì shǒuxiān shì yī kuài qiāoménzhuān 。háiyǒu shēngzhí shénme de ，nǎ yīyàng lídeliǎo xuélì 。
That's right. Before anything else, your education is a stepping stone. And even as for promotions and all that, who can do without an education?
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