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八字還沒一撇兒
简 八字还没一撇儿 · 繁 八字還沒一撇兒Mandarin · pinyin bā zì hái méi yī piě r
Meanings
- lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā (idiom)
- fig. things have not even begun to take shape
- no sign of success yet
Characters in this entry
- 八
- bā · eight; all around, all sides
- 字
- zì · letter, character, word
- 還
- hái · still, yet, also, besides
- 沒
- méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 撇
- piē · discard, abandon, throw away
- 兒
- ér · son, child, oneself; final part
- 还
- hái · still, yet, also, besides
- 没
- méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink
- 儿
- ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10
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Mandarin tones
1–4–2–2–1–3–5 · ba1 zi4 hai2 mei2 yi1 pie3 r5
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baat3 zi6 waan4 mut6 jat1 pit3 ji4
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phrase
- (Mandarin) erhua form of 八字還沒一撇／八字还没一撇 (bāzì hái méi yī piě, “things have not even begun to take shape”)
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