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砖 (磚) zhuān

zhuān noun brick
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '磚'; Guoyu '磚' n 1; Kroll 2015 '磚', p. 621; Unihan '磚')
zhuān noun a brick-shaped thing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '磚' n 2)
zhuān noun brick; iṣṭakā
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: iṣṭakā, Japanese: sen, Tibetan: so phag (BCSD '磚', p. 830; Mahāvyutpatti 'iṣṭakaḥ'; MW 'iṣṭakā'; Unihan '磚')

抛砖引玉(拋磚引玉) throw out a brick and get jade thrown back ; to throw a brick to bring back jade
磨砖作镜(磨磚作鏡) to polish a brick into a mirror

Truncated for common words

Scroll 1 Tathāgatagarbhasūtra (Dafang Guang Rulai Cang Jing) 大方廣如來藏經 — count: 4
Scroll 2 Nan Yue Zong Sheng Ji 南嶽總勝集 — count: 4
Scroll 26 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
Scroll 6 Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目 — count: 2
Scroll 4 A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang 洛陽伽藍記 — count: 2 , has English translation
Scroll 16 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
Scroll 4 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 1
Scroll 8 Ming Biographies of Eminent Monks 大明高僧傳 — count: 1
Scroll 1 Fanyu Qian Zi Wen 梵語千字文 — count: 1
Scroll 19 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 1

砖打 (磚打) 焦磚打著連底凍 — Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目, Scroll 1 — count: 6
焦砖 (焦磚) 焦磚打著連底凍 — Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目, Scroll 1 — count: 5
金砖 (金磚) 懷挾金磚於傍而過 — Tathāgatagarbhasūtra (Dafang Guang Rulai Cang Jing) 大方廣如來藏經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
碌砖 (碌磚) 頭云碌磚 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 15 — count: 3
造砖 (造磚) 汝南王復造磚浮圖於靈臺之 — A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang 洛陽伽藍記, Scroll 3 — count: 2
敲砖 (敲磚) 敲磚打瓦 — Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄, Scroll 1 — count: 2
砖塔 (磚塔) 及故磚塔寺皆悉營造 — Lushan Lian Zong Bao Jian 廬山蓮宗寶鑑, Scroll 4 — count: 2
砖浮图 (磚浮圖) 汝南王復造磚浮圖於靈臺之 — A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang 洛陽伽藍記, Scroll 3 — count: 2