to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life
trad. 搖身一變
Also written 搖身一變【yáo shēn yī biàn】
Characters in this word
4摇
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surname Yao
- Pinyin
- Yáo
- Traditional
- 搖
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 8314 of 2500
身
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body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct, the main part of a structure or body, pregnant, classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset, Kangxi radical 158
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3095 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
变
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to change, to become different, to transform, to vary, rebellion
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Traditional
- 變
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1186 of 2500