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本性难移

a leopard cannot change its spots

Frequency 2.2

Meanings

  • 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)

Example sentences

  • 江山易改本性难移。