八字沒見一撇

Simplified: 八字没见一撇

bāzìméijiànyīpiě ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ

    • not yet taken shape
    • nothing settled

Character by character

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally
not even the first stroke of the character 八 has been seen yet
Meaning
A variant of 八字没一撇: the matter has not taken shape yet; nothing is settled.

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