八字还没一撇呢。(Bā zì hái méi yì pié ne.)There is no sign of anything happening yet.

“八字还没一撇呢”这句话最初是用来形容男女婚姻的，因为古代男女的生辰八字相合才能通婚。汉字“八”的第一笔是撇，“八”字还没一撇的字面意思是还没有动笔写，比喻事情还没有开始，还没有眉目。

The sentence “八字还没一撇呢” originally used to describe marriage. In ancient china, a man and a woman whose date of birth and eight characters of a horoscope were matched could get married. The first stroke of character “八” is a“丿”(pié) . It is a metaphor of no sign of anything happening yet.

Words:

告诉ɡàosu:tell;
资金zījīn:money.

Sentences

1、Jiǎ: Wǒ shēngzhí de shì, bā zì hái méi yì pié ne. Nǐ xiān bié gàosù biérén!
甲：我升职的事，八字还没一撇呢。你先别告诉别人！
A: For my promotion, it's not confirmed. Don’t tell others before the appointment.
Yǐ: Wǒ míngbái, fàngxīn ba.
乙：我明白，放心吧。
B: I see. Don’t worry.

2、Jiǎ: Nǐ shàngcì shuō de nàge xiàngmù zuò de zěnmeyang le?
甲：你上次说的那个项目做得怎么样了？
A: What about the project you mentioned last time?
Yǐ: Bā zì hái méi yì pié ne, zījīn hái chà hěnduō.
乙：八字还没一撇呢，资金还差很多。
B: Nothing completed yet. We can not carry it out because of the lack of money.

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