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本běn性xìng
  • natural instincts
  • nature
  • inherent quality
🖌️ 本 Strokes 🖌️ 性 Strokes
本běn性xìng难nán移yí
Trad. 本性難移
  • It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  • Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
🖌️ 本 Strokes 🖌️ 性 Strokes 🖌️ 难 Strokes 🖌️ 移 Strokes
江jiāng山shān易yì改gǎi，本běn性xìng难nán移yí
Trad. 江山易改，本性難移
  • it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  • you can't change who you are
  • Can the leopard change his spots?
🖌️ 江 Strokes 🖌️ 山 Strokes 🖌️ 易 Strokes 🖌️ 改 Strokes 🖌️ 本 Strokes 🖌️ 性 Strokes 🖌️ 难 Strokes 🖌️ 移 Strokes

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