八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piěbazimeiyipie
- 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
bā zì méi yī piěbazimeiyipie
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences