江山易改，本性難移

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Chinese

rivers and mountains; the land; a landscape
rivers and mountains; the land; a landscape; the country; the state power
 
 change; easy; simple
to change; to alter; to transform
to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
 
 one's inherent nature
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
to move; to shift; to change
to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
 
trad. (江山易改，本性難移) 江山 易 改 ， 本性 難 移
simp. (江山易改，本性难移) 江山 易 改 ， 本性 难 移
alternative forms 江山易改，稟性難移／江山易改，禀性难移
Literally: “The rivers and mountains are easily altered, but one's inherent nature is difficult to change”.

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Proverb

江山易改，本性難移

  1. a leopard can't change its spots

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