(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
1.lit. not even the first stroke of the character 八[bā] has been written (idiom)2.fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[shā jiā bāng]) (蒋[jiǎng] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí] and 汪[wāng] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精卫[wāng jīng wèi])
1.lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)2.fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
1.to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[zhū xī])2.to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine