本性難移 běn xìng nán yí

DEFINITIONS

  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)

CHARACTERS

本 běn
HSK 1
root, origin, source; basis
性 xìng
HSK 4
nature, character, sex
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable
移 yí
HSK 5
change place, shift; move about