lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom); fig. things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
trad. 八字沒一撇
Also written 八字沒一撇【bā zì méi yī piě】
Characters in this word
5八
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eight
- Pinyin
- bā
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3655 of 2500
字
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letter, symbol, character, word, CL:個|个[ge4], courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1431 of 2500
没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- Pinyin
- méi
- Traditional
- 沒
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 58 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
撇
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to cast away, to fling aside
- Pinyin
- piē
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 46154 of 2500