女大十八变

Traditional: 女大十八變

nǚ dà shí bā biàn

Dictionary entry

lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)

What does 女大十八变 mean?

女大十八变 (nǚ dà shí bā biàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)

2fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was

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女nǚfemale · woman 大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)十shíten · 10 八bāeight 变biànto change · to become different

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女大十八变

nǚ dà shí bā biàn

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