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积重难返
jī zhòng nán fǎn
What 积重难返 means
- ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
The characters in 积重难返
- 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
- 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
- 返fǎnto return (to)
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