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本性難移

简本性难移 · 繁本性難移

Mandarin · pinyin běn xìng nán yí

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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3–4–2–2 · ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2

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bun2 sing3 naan4 ji4

Cantonese word readings for 本性難移. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

bun2 sing3 naan4 ji4

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.