八字还没一撇儿
bā​zì​hái​méi​yī​piě​r

not even begun to take shape

  • created sense approved 八字还没一撇儿/八字還沒一撇兒 · bā​zì​hái​méi​yī​piě​r · not even begun to take shape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八字还没一撇儿 / 八字還沒一撇兒

    bā​zì​hái​méi​yī​piě​r

    not even begun to take shape

    Literally "there is not even the first stroke of the character [[八|八|ba1]]"; describes a situation where things have not even started to happen or there is no sign of progress yet.

    八字 (literal) → 八字 · bā​zì · horoscope 还没 (literal) → 还没/還沒 · hái​méi · not yet 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 撇 (literal) → 撇 · piě · downward stroke 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense