八字还没一撇
Traditional form:
八字還沒一撇
Pinyin (reading):
bāzìháiméiyīpiě
Definitions:
- lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八 (bā) has been written (idiom)
- fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
Characters:
- 八 - eight; all around, all sides
- 字 - character, letter, symbol, word
- 还 - also, besides; still, yet; to return
- 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
- 一 - one; a, an; alone
- 撇 - to abandon, to discard
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