- 八(eight (pictographic, two strokes separating))
Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
This plan hasn't even gotten off the ground yet.
fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
This plan hasn't even begun yet.
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
This plan hasn't even gotten off the ground yet.
fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
This plan hasn't even begun yet.
Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.
A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.
Walking steps that never end, always turning back and coming again.
Water pressing down and submerging everything like a stick striking downward causes things to disappear.
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
Use your hand to flick forcefully to throw away something tattered — that's the stroke flourish in Chinese characters.
Two strokes separated apart like two objects dividing represent the number eight.
A child born under a roof and learning to speak gives rise to written characters.
Walking steps that never end, always turning back and coming again.
Water pressing down and submerging everything like a stick striking downward causes things to disappear.
A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.
Use your hand to flick forcefully to throw away something tattered — that's the stroke flourish in Chinese characters.
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom)
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