本性难移 meaning in English
it is hard to change [alter] one's nature.; a leopard cannot change its spots.; a leopard will never change its spots.; an old dog cannot alter its way of barking.; it is difficult to alter one's character.; one's nature cannot be altered
Examples
- What is bred in bone will never come out of the flesh .
本性难移。 - He was regarded as a determined prison breaker .
他是个本性难移的越狱犯。 - The leopard can never change its spot
花豹永不能改变身上的斑点（指：本性难移） 。 - A fox may grow gray , but never good
狐狸善变，本性难移。 - What is bred in the bone will not ( or : never ) out of the flesh
生来的习惯不易改掉。 /江山易改，本性难移。