八字还没一撇

1. • lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八 bā has been written (idiom)
2. • fig. things have not even gotten started yet nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet

Character by character

• 八(bā)eight
• 字(zì)letter
• 还(hái)still
• 没(méi)not
• 一(yī)one
• 撇(piě)throw