女大十八变 nǚ dà shí bā biàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was

CHARACTERS

女 nǚ
HSK 1
woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38
大 dà
HSK 1
big, great, vast, large, high
十 shí
HSK 1
ten, tenth; complete; perfect
八 bā
HSK 1
eight; all around, all sides
变 biàn
HSK 3
change, transform, alter; rebel