"the fox may grow grey but never good" meaning in 英語

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Proverb

  1. 江山易改,本性難移
    Sense id: zh-the_fox_may_grow_grey_but_never_good-en-proverb-shAfVjn0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature, a leopard cannot change its spots
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