本性難移 — ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2 — Chinese Dictionary

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ben³ xing⁴ nan² yi²

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)

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性

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As word

1

ben³

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)

2

xing⁴

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)

3

nan²

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)

4

yi²

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)