See 狗改不了吃屎 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "dogs can't help eating shit",
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"a leopard cannot change its spots (said of bad habits or traits)"
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"id": "en-狗改不了吃屎-zh-proverb-bpVRLWsq",
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"(figurative, derogatory, low colloquial, idiomatic) a leopard cannot change its spots (said of bad habits or traits)"
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"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ"
},
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"bopomofo"
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"zh-pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄔ ㄕˇ"
},
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"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
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"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ [Phonetic:góugǎibùliǎochīshǐ]"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chih shǐh"
},
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"Mandarin",
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"zh-pron": "kou³ kai³ pu⁴-liao³ chʻih¹ shih³"
},
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bù-lyǎu chr̄ shř"
},
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"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "goou gae buleau chy shyy"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "гоу гай буляо чи ши"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "gou gaj buljao či ši"
},
{
"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"other": "[Phonetic: góugǎibùliǎochīshǐ]"
},
{
"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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"word": "狗改不了吃屎"
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"literal_meaning": "dogs can't help eating shit",
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"(figurative, derogatory, low colloquial, idiomatic) a leopard cannot change its spots (said of bad habits or traits)"
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"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ"
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"zh-pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄔ ㄕˇ"
},
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"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
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"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ [Phonetic:góugǎibùliǎochīshǐ]"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chih shǐh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "kou³ kai³ pu⁴-liao³ chʻih¹ shih³"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Yale"
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"zh-pron": "gǒu gǎi bù-lyǎu chr̄ shř"
},
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"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "goou gae buleau chy shyy"
},
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"zh-pron": "гоу гай буляо чи ши"
},
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"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "gou gaj buljao či ši"
},
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"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"other": "[Phonetic: góugǎibùliǎochīshǐ]"
},
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"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
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