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性
难
移
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Definitions
1. It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
2. Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
Components
本性
běn xìng
–
natural instincts
难
nán
–
difficult (to...)
移
yí
–
to move
Related Words
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
–
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
江山易改本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi běn xìng nán yí
–
one's personality is harder to change than mountains and rivers