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本性难移

běn xìng nán yí

4-character word Traditional 本性難移

What 本性难移 means

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)

The characters in 本性难移

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 性xìngnature; character; property
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 移yíto move; to shift; to change

Example sentences

• 江山易改，本性难移。
  Jiāngshānyìgǎi, běnxìngnányí.
  A leopard never changes its spots.

Words containing 本性难移

• 江山易改，本性难移jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yíit is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)…