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本性難移

běnxìngnányí

ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ

Simplified 本性难移

  1. 1It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
Example

江山易改,本性難移。

jiāngshān yì gǎi běnxìngnányí

A leopard never changes its spots.

Keep 本性難移 and it comes back until you know it.

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