投石问路

lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom) / fig. to test the waters

to ask / to inquire

to ask; to inquire

surname Lu

road / CL:條|条[tiao2] / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind

to cast / to send / to throw oneself (into the river etc) / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of

surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters

rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)