摇身一变 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 搖身一變 yáoshēnyībiàn ㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄣ ㄧ ㄅㄧㄢˋ to change shape in a single shake fig. to take on a new lease of life Character by character 摇(yáo)surname Yao 身(shēn)body 一(yī)one 变(biàn)change A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0