See 一歲生張，百歲牢老 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "one's inherent disposition at one year old is stuck till one's old age at a hundred years old",
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"a leopard can't change its spots"
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"id": "en-一歲生張，百歲牢老-zh-proverb-YOmhX7gP",
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"a leopard can't change its spots",
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"(Hokkien) a leopard can't change its spots"
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"roman": "běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"roman": "jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"tags": [
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"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京猶是牛"
},
{
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],
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京犹是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗位攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗位拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗落攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗落拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "一歲生根，百歲牢老"
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"word": "一岁生根，百岁牢老"
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"zh-pron": "chi̍t-hè siⁿ-tiuⁿ"
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{
"zh-pron": "pah-hè tiâu-lāu"
},
{
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"zh-pron": "chi̍t-hè siⁿ-tiuⁿ"
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"zh-pron": "pah-hè tiâu-lāu"
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"zh-pron": "tsi̍t-hè sinn-tiunn"
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"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pah-hè tiâu-lāu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² he²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁴⁴ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ he²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²⁴⁻²² lau²²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Min-Nan",
"Xiamen"
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},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² he²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁴⁴ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ he²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²⁴⁻²² lau²²/"
}
],
"word": "一歲生張，百歲牢老"
}
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"literal_meaning": "one's inherent disposition at one year old is stuck till one's old age at a hundred years old",
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"glosses": [
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],
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},
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"ipa": "/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² he²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁴⁴ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ he²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²⁴⁻²² lau²²/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² he²¹⁻⁵³ sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ⁴⁴ pa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ he²¹⁻⁵³ tiau²⁴⁻²² lau²²/"
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"roman": "běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"roman": "jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí",
"word": "江山易改，本性難移／江山易改，本性难移"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京猶是牛"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京犹是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛著是牛，牽到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛着是牛，牵到北京也是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗位攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗位拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牽到佗落攏是牛"
},
{
"word": "牛牵到佗落拢是牛"
},
{
"word": "一歲生根，百歲牢老"
},
{
"word": "一岁生根，百岁牢老"
}
],
"word": "一歲生張，百歲牢老"
}
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