摇身一变

to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life

Characters and words in 摇身一变

surname Yao

= + + : The aorta has been flooded, and Maud Younger (y) takes the opportunity to establish a new business. She connects many floating pottery (缶) bowls using toy claws (扌) and in this way builds a small raft. On this raft she is ready to shave anyone's head for a small fee using her electric razor (爫), but as she is floating through the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she notices that not only the raft is very shaky and wobbly (摇), but also that there is no electricity available and the razor's batteries are already dead.
to shake / to rock / to row / to crank

= + + : The aorta has been flooded, and Maud Younger (y) takes the opportunity to establish a new business. She connects many floating pottery (缶) bowls using toy claws (扌) and in this way builds a small raft. On this raft she is ready to shave anyone's head for a small fee using her electric razor (爫), but as she is floating through the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she notices that not only the raft is very shaky and wobbly (摇), but also that there is no electricity available and the razor's batteries are already dead.
lit. to shake one's body / refers to abrupt transformation / same as 搖身一變|摇身一变
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

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) tries on his new bodysuit (身) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To see himself better in his hand mirror (自), he uses a banana (丿) as a selfie stick.
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

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

= + : In anthill's bathroom the also-ran is sparring with Brunhilde. In her mind she imagines changing into a boxing grizzly bear.

= + : I think 变 does look like a grizzly bear with a beret. 又 is the snout, and the two eyes are the two strokes of 八.

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