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Let’s learn about the idiom 「投石問路」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

Originally it meant throwing stones before sneaking into a place at night to see if there was any reaction, so as to detect the situation. Later it was used metaphorically to mean testing.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tóu shí wèn lù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tau4 sek6 man6 lou6

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