女 大 十 八 变

nǚ dà shí bā biàndictionary entry

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

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女大十八變 女大十八变 [nu:3 da4 shi2 ba1 bian4] /lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)/fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was/

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