八字
the character 8 or 八 / birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
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Related Words & Compounds
shape resembling the character 八 or 8 / V-shape / splayed / figure of eight
sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight"
mustache shaped like character 八
step with feet splayed outwards
a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by Li Fuchun 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高[tiao2 zheng3 , gong3 gu4 , chong1 shi2 , ti2 gao1] "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"
splayfoot
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
mustache shaped like character 八
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
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