女大十八變

See also: 女大十八变

Chinese
female; woman; daughter
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 eighteen; 18
 
to change; to become different; to transform
to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
trad. (女大十八變) 女 大 十八 變
simp. (女大十八变) 女 大 十八 变
Literally: “The eighteen changes of a grown woman.”

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǚ dà shíbā biàn, nǚ dà shíbá biàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚ ㄅㄧㄢˋ, ㄋㄩˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ ㄅㄚˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi5-2 daai6 sap6 baat3 bin3

Idiom

女大十八變

  1. All of the changes that a girl makes when turning into a woman; blossom into womanhood
    女大十八變，她如今已成為亭亭玉立的小天鵝。 [MSC, trad.]
    女大十八变，她如今已成为亭亭玉立的小天鹅。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǚ dà shíbābiàn, tā rújīn yǐ chéngwéi tíngtíngyùlì de xiǎotiān'é. [Pinyin]
    After having blossomed into womanhood, she has become a statuesque little swan.
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