Dictionary/本性难移

本性难移 本性難移

běn xìng nán yí

ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ
Idiom
1Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
2It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.

Characters

本性难移

Example

jiāng shān江山yì易gǎi改，běn xìng nán yí本性难移。
江山易改，本性难移。
A leopard never changes its spots.