See 江山易改，本性難移 on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
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"form": "江山易改，本性难移",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
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},
{
"form": "江山易改，稟性難移"
}
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"expansion": "江山易改，本性難移",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Therivers and mountains are easily altered, but one's inherent nature is difficult to change",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "[Though] things change any moment / But I’m still the same person / Love you always, till the end",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 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)",
"roman": "sui-jiân Kang-san ī-kài tān pún-sèng lân-î ài lí ài kah pe̍h ba̍k-bâi",
"text": "雖然江山易改但本性難移愛你愛甲白目眉",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[Though] things change any moment / But I’m still the same person / Love you always, till the end",
"raw_tags": [
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"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Simplified Chinese"
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"ref": " 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)",
"roman": "sui-jiân Kang-san ī-kài tān pún-sèng lân-î ài lí ài kah pe̍h ba̍k-bâi",
"text": "虽然江山易改但本性难移爱你爱甲白目眉",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a leopard can't change its spots"
],
"id": "en-江山易改，本性難移-zh-proverb-YOmhX7gP",
"links": [
[
"a leopard can't change its spots",
"a leopard can't change its spots"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛就是牛，牽到北京也是牛"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛就是牛，牵到北京也是牛"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāngshān yì gǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnxìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄢ ㄧˋ ㄍㄞˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kang-san ī-kài"
},
{
"zh-pron": "pún-sèng lân-î"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāngshān yì gǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnxìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiangshan yì gǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnsìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiang¹-shan¹ i⁴ kai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pên³-hsing⁴ nan² i²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyāng-shān yì gǎi-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "běn-syìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiangshan yih gae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "beenshinq nan yi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяншань и гай"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бэньсин нань и"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanšanʹ i gaj"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bɛnʹsin nanʹ i"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ i³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gōng sāan yih gói, bún sing nàahn yìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gong¹ san¹ yi⁶ goi², bun² xing³ nan⁴ yi⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ jiː²² kɔːi̯³⁵ puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³ naːn²¹ jiː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kang-san ī-kài"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pún-sèng lân-î"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kang-san ī-kài"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pún-sìng lân-î"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻²¹ kai²¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹ lan²³⁻³³ i²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ i³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ jiː²² kɔːi̯³⁵ puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³ naːn²¹ jiː²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻²¹ kai²¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹ lan²³⁻³³ i²³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/"
}
],
"word": "江山易改，本性難移"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "江山易改，本性难移",
"raw_tags": [
"Simplified Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "江山易改，稟性難移"
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "proverb"
},
"expansion": "江山易改，本性難移",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "Therivers and mountains are easily altered, but one's inherent nature is difficult to change",
"pos": "proverb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Cantonese proverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proverbs",
"Chinese terms spelled with 山",
"Chinese terms spelled with 性",
"Chinese terms spelled with 改",
"Chinese terms spelled with 易",
"Chinese terms spelled with 本",
"Chinese terms spelled with 江",
"Chinese terms spelled with 移",
"Chinese terms spelled with 難",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Hokkien proverbs",
"Hokkien terms with quotations",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Mandarin proverbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[Though] things change any moment / But I’m still the same person / Love you always, till the end",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Traditional Chinese"
],
"ref": " 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)",
"roman": "sui-jiân Kang-san ī-kài tān pún-sèng lân-î ài lí ài kah pe̍h ba̍k-bâi",
"text": "雖然江山易改但本性難移愛你愛甲白目眉",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "[Though] things change any moment / But I’m still the same person / Love you always, till the end",
"raw_tags": [
"Pe̍h-ōe-jī",
"Taiwanese Hokkien",
"Simplified Chinese"
],
"ref": " 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)",
"roman": "sui-jiân Kang-san ī-kài tān pún-sèng lân-î ài lí ài kah pe̍h ba̍k-bâi",
"text": "虽然江山易改但本性难移爱你爱甲白目眉",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a leopard can't change its spots"
],
"links": [
[
"a leopard can't change its spots",
"a leopard can't change its spots"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāngshān yì gǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnxìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕㄢ ㄧˋ ㄍㄞˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴"
},
{
"zh-pron": "kang-san ī-kài"
},
{
"zh-pron": "pún-sèng lân-î"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiāngshān yì gǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnxìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiangshan yì gǎi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "běnsìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chiang¹-shan¹ i⁴ kai³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "pên³-hsing⁴ nan² i²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyāng-shān yì gǎi-"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "běn-syìng nán yí"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiangshan yih gae"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "beenshinq nan yi"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзяншань и гай"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "бэньсин нань и"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanšanʹ i gaj"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "bɛnʹsin nanʹ i"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ i³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gōng sāan yih gói, bún sing nàahn yìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gong¹ saan¹ ji⁶ goi², bun² sing³ naan⁴ ji⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gong¹ san¹ yi⁶ goi², bun² xing³ nan⁴ yi⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ jiː²² kɔːi̯³⁵ puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³ naːn²¹ jiː²¹/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "kang-san ī-kài"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "pún-sèng lân-î"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "kang-san ī-kài"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "pún-sìng lân-î"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻²¹ kai²¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹ lan²³⁻³³ i²³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ i⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ i³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔːŋ⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ jiː²² kɔːi̯³⁵ puːn³⁵ sɪŋ³³ naːn²¹ jiː²¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻²¹ kai²¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ²¹ lan²³⁻³³ i²³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴ i³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ¹¹ lan²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛就是牛，牽到北京也是牛"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "牛就是牛，牵到北京也是牛"
}
],
"word": "江山易改，本性難移"
}
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