本性难移
běn xìng nán yíbenxingnanyi
- 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)
běn xìng nán yíbenxingnanyi
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences