投石问路 — Chinese idiom
投石问路
tóu shí wèn lù
Traditional: 投石問路
Meaning
- lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead
- fig. to test the waters
Character by character
- 投tóuto pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
- 石shístone, rock, mineral
- 问wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
Idioms sharing a character
- 五体投地 wǔ tǐ tóu dì
- 情投意合 qíng tóu yì hé
- 投桃报李 tóu táo bào lǐ
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 投缳自缢 tóu huán zì yì
- 投袂而起 tóu mèi ér qǐ
- 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú
- 投鼠忌器 tóu shǔ jì qì
- 明珠暗投 míng zhū àn tóu
- 举手投足 jǔ shǒu tóu zú
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