撇

to cast away / to fling aside

to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated

left-hander

to cast away

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

right-hander

skim

to curl one's lip / to twitch one's mouth

(slang) to take a dump

apostrophe ' (punct.) / accent mark / prime symbol (math.)

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

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. 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