Correct
敲门砖
/ qiāoménzhuān /
Strokes
Definition
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient/to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune
Example
As a Noun
brick picked up to knock on the door and thrown away when it has served its purpose―stepping-stone to success
1
Yǒurén
有人
bǎ
把
shàngxué
上学
dàngchéng
当成
qiāoménzhuān
敲门砖
,
yīdàn
一旦
gōngmíng
功名
dàoshǒu
到手
,
shūjí
书籍
yě
也
jiù
就
bèi
被
shùzhīgāogé
束之高阁
le
了
。
Some people take attending school only as a stepping-stone to status; once they succeed, all the books will be shelved.