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江山易改，本性難移
简 江山易改，本性难移 · 繁 江山易改，本性難移Mandarin · pinyin jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
Meanings
- it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
- you can't change who you are
- Can the leopard change his spots?
- 江
- jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
- 山
- shān · mountain, hill, peak
- 改
- gǎi · change, alter; improve, remodel
- 本
- běn · root, origin, source; basis
- 性
- xìng · nature, character, sex
- 難
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- 移
- yí · change place, shift; move about
- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
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