江山易改，稟性難移
jiāng​shān​yì​gǎi​bǐng​xìng​nán​yí

a leopard cannot change its spots

  • created sense approved 江山易改，禀性难移/江山易改，稟性難移 · jiāng​shān​yì​gǎi​bǐng​xìng​nán​yí · a leopard cannot change its spots — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    江山易改，禀性难移 / 江山易改，稟性難移

    jiāng​shān​yì​gǎi​bǐng​xìng​nán​yí

    a leopard cannot change its spots

    it is easy to change rivers and mountains, but difficult to change one's basic nature; used to describe a person's character being deeply ingrained

    江山 (literal) → 江山 · jiāng​shān · landscape 易 (literal) → 易 · yì · easy 改 (literal) → 改 · gǎi · to change ， (non_chinese) 禀性 (literal) → 禀性/稟性 · bǐng​xìng · natural disposition 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