江山易改，本性難移

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
Literally: “The rivers and mountains are easily altered, but one's inherent nature is difficult to change”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤㄕㄢㄧˋ ㄍㄞˇ , ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kang-san ī-kài, pún-sèng lân-î

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤㄕㄢㄧˋ ㄍㄞˇ , ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiangshan yì gǎi, běnsìng nán yí
  - Wade–Giles: chiang¹-shan¹ i⁴ kai³, pên³-hsing⁴ nan² i²
  - Yale: jyāng-shān yì gǎi-, běn-syìng nán yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangshan yih gae, beenshinq nan yi
  - Palladius: цзяншань и гай, бэньсин нань и (czjanšanʹ i gaj, bɛnʹsin nanʹ i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴
  - Yale: gōng sāan yih gói, bún sing nàahn yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong¹ san¹ yi⁶ goi², bun² xing³ nan⁴ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ jiː²² kɔːi̯³⁵ puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³ naːn²¹ jiː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-san ī-kài, pún-sèng lân-î
  - Tâi-lô: kang-san ī-kài, pún-sìng lân-î
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻²¹ kai²¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹ lan²³⁻³³ i²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/

Proverb

江山易改，本性難移

a leopard can't change its spots
- 雖然江山易改但本性難移愛你愛甲白目眉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  虽然江山易改但本性难移爱你爱甲白目眉 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2021 March 14, 愛情你比我想的閣較偉大 (Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined), wrttien by 黃奇斌 (Ki-pin N̂g), performed by 茄子蛋 (EggPlantEgg)
  sui-jiân Kang-san ī-kài tān pún-sèng lân-î ài lí ài kah pe̍h ba̍k-bâi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  [Though] things change any moment / But I’m still the same person / Love you always, till the end

Synonyms

牛就是牛，牽到北京也是牛／牛就是牛，牵到北京也是牛

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