idiom : common saying > Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
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No one written character
　　Explanation: Something, not yet taken shape.
　　Usage: Predicate; as attributive; with derogatory
　　Source: Sun Jinbiao "popular saying goes Shu Zheng personnel": "" popular series ": 'Zhu Xi," and Liu Zicheng book ": sage is an open character, since people do not understand.' By now have 'character not seen Wenyu' s saying, like because of this language. things were not Duan Xu, Wenyu Bu Zengjian that the character. "
　　Examples: We are here to defend the Yan'an, ~, Yan'an able to give up? (Du Pengcheng "Defend Yan'an")
No. 2
　　发音: bā zì(er) méi yī piě (“字”通常读成儿化)
　　释义: 比喻事情还没有眉目。
　　出处: 《通俗常言疏证》卷三： “《通俗编》：‘朱子《与刘子澄书》：圣贤已是八字打开了，人不自领会。’按今有‘八字不见两撇’之谚，似又因于此。凡事无端绪者，谓之八字不曾见两撇。”
　　示例: 我们是来保卫延安的，～，延安就能放弃？（杜鹏程《保卫延安》）
　　东北方言
　　bā　zì mé yī piě 指事物尚无头绪。[例]别听他瞎扯，那事～呢。
　　近义词：八字没见一撇
　　语法：主谓式；作定语；含贬义
English Expression
  1. :  Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight
  2. n.:  Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
Thesaurus
there's no sign of anything happening yet; nothing has been done so far
Containing Phrases
there's no sign of anything happening yet