拍砖

拍磚
pāizhuān
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to criticise harshly
  2. 2 to throw brickbats (at someone's post or work)

Examples

HSK 2
Huānyíng dàjiā pāizhuān.
Criticism welcome, fire away.
HSK 4
Zhè ge fāng'àn bèi pāizhuān le.
The proposal got slammed.

Tips

culture
拍砖 literally means 'to hit with a brick'. On early 2000s forums, posting something weak invited others to 拍砖, figuratively hurling bricks at your post. The phrase 求拍砖 ('please criticise me / pick it apart') still survives in tech blog comments and design crits.

Stroke Order

pāi
zhuān