本性难移 meaning in English
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)
Traditional 本性難移34 strokes
Meaning of 本性难移
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
běnxìngnányí
- 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)
本性难移 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
江山易改，本性难移。
A leopard never changes its spots.
Stroke order for each character
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本 běn · root · 5 strokes
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性 xìng · nature · 8 strokes
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难 nán · difficult · 10 strokes
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移 yí · to move · 11 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 本性难移.
| 本子 | běnzi | book; notebook |
| 课本 | kèběn | textbook |
| 难过 | nánguò | to feel sad; to feel unwell |
| 难受 | nánshòu | to feel unwell; to suffer pain |
| 难看 | nánkàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 笔记本 | bǐjìběn | notebook (stationery) (CL:本[ben3]); (computing) laptop; notebook (abbr. for 筆記本電腦|笔记本电脑[bi |
| 难题 | nántí | difficult problem |
| 难听 | nántīng | unpleasant to hear; coarse |
| 根本 | gēnběn | fundamental; basic |
| 难道 | nándào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 本来 | běnlái | original; originally |
| 困难 | kùnnan | difficult; challenging |
Questions about 本性难移
What does 本性难移 mean?
本性难移 (běnxìngnányí) means "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)".
How do you write 本性难移?
本性难移 is made of 4 characters: 本 (5 strokes), 性 (8 strokes), 难 (10 strokes), 移 (11 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.
How is 本性难移 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 本性难移 is written 本性難移.