本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
Pinyin

Definition

本性难移
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běn xìng nán yí
  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)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

任性
rèn xìng
  1. 1 willful
  2. 2 headstrong
  3. 3 unruly
个性
gè xìng
  1. 1 individuality
  2. 2 personality
原本
yuán běn
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original
基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
女性
nu:3 xìng
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 the female sex
性感
xìng gǎn
  1. 1 sex appeal
  2. 2 eroticism
  3. 3 sexuality
  4. 4 sexy
性格
xìng gé
  1. 1 nature
  2. 2 disposition
  3. 3 temperament
  4. 4 character
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
本人
běn rén
  1. 1 the person himself
  2. 2 I (humble form used in speeches)
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 myself
  5. 5 in person
  6. 6 personal
本来
běn lái
  1. 1 original
  2. 2 originally
  3. 3 at first
  4. 4 it goes without saying
  5. 5 of course
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
本身
běn shēn
  1. 1 itself
  2. 2 in itself
  3. 3 per se
根本
gēn běn
  1. 1 fundamental
  2. 2 basic
  3. 3 root
  4. 4 simply
  5. 5 absolutely (not)
  6. 6 (not) at all
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
版本
bǎn běn
  1. 1 version
  2. 2 edition
  3. 3 release
异性
yì xìng
  1. 1 the opposite sex
  2. 2 of the opposite sex
  3. 3 heterosexual
  4. 4 different in nature
移动
yí dòng
  1. 1 to move
  2. 2 movement
  3. 3 migration
  4. 4 mobile
  5. 5 portable
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
一本正经
yī běn zhèng jīng
  1. 1 in deadly earnest
  2. 2 deadpan

Idioms (20)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
愚公移山
yú gōng yí shān
  1. 1 the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
慈悲为本
cí bēi wéi běn
  1. 1 mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
舍本逐末
shě běn zhú mò
  1. 1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
  2. 2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
  2. 2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
  3. 3 to put the cart before the horse
款语移时
kuǎn yǔ yí shí
  1. 1 to talk slowly and in depth (idiom)
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
游移不定
yóu yí bù dìng
  1. 1 to oscillate without pause (idiom)
  2. 2 to fluctuate
  3. 3 (of thoughts) to wander
  4. 4 to waver
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
  1. 1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
  2. 2 good habits come by long assimilation
确凿不移
què záo bù yí
  1. 1 established and irrefutable (idiom)
移情别恋
yí qíng bié liàn
  1. 1 change of affection, shift of love (idiom); to change one's feelings to another love
  2. 2 to fall in love with sb else
移花接木
yí huā jiē mù
  1. 1 lit. to graft flowers onto a tree
  2. 2 to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
血本无归
xuè běn wú guī
  1. 1 to lose everything one invested (idiom)
  2. 2 to lose one's shirt

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