Read Edit View history 投石问路 tóushíwènlù probing Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 投石问路 (投石問路) tóushíwènlù probing idiom To take a preliminary action or release a trial balloon to test the waters or gauge reactions. scouting verb To toss a stone to find out what is ahead or to gauge the depth of the path in the dark. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.315 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
投石问路 (投石問路) tóushíwènlù probing idiom To take a preliminary action or release a trial balloon to test the waters or gauge reactions. scouting verb To toss a stone to find out what is ahead or to gauge the depth of the path in the dark. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.315 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)