女大十八變 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 woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
十 shí ten, tenth; complete; perfect
八 bā eight; all around, all sides
變 biàn change, transform, alter; rebel