本性難移
běn​xìng​nán​yí

nature is hard to change

  • created reference approved 本性难移/本性難移 → 江山易改，本性难移/江山易改，本性難移 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本性难移 / 本性難移 běn​xìng​nán​yí

    江山易改，本性难移 / 江山易改，本性難移 jiāng​shān​yì​gǎi​běn​xìng​nán​yí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 本性难移/本性難移 → 品性难移/品性難移 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本性难移 / 本性難移 běn​xìng​nán​yí

    品性难移 / 品性難移 pǐn​xìng​nán​yí

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 本性难移/本性難移 · běn​xìng​nán​yí · nature is hard to change — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本性难移 / 本性難移

    běn​xìng​nán​yí

    nature is hard to change

    It is hard to change one's essential nature; a proverb meaning a person's character remains the same

    本性 (literal) → 本性 · běn​xìng · nature 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 移 (literal) → 移 · yí · to change

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense