本性难移

本性難移
běnxìngnányí
  1. It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)

CEDICT

天生或已经养成的性格很难改变。元．关汉卿《窦娥冤．第二折》：「妇人家直恁的无仁义，多淫奔少志气。亏杀前人在那裡，更休说本性难移。」也作「品性难移」。

重編國語辭典

江山易改，本性难移／江山易改，本性难移(jiāngshānyìgǎi,běnxìngnányí)的简称。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 本性 běnxìng
  1. natural instincts
  2. nature
  3. inherent quality
2 难 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
3 移 yí
  1. to move
  2. to shift
  3. to change
  4. to alter
  5. to remove

Containing this entry

江山易改，本性难移 jiāngshānyìgǎi,běnxìngnányí
  1. it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. you can't change who you are
  3. Can the leopard change his spots?

Related entries

江山易改，本性难移 jiāngshānyìgǎi,běnxìngnányí
  1. it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. you can't change who you are
  3. Can the leopard change his spots?