狗改不了吃屎

      Mandarin

      simpl. and trad.
      改不了

      Etymology

      Literally: "dogs can't help from eating shit."

      Idiom

      狗改不了吃屎 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin gǒu gǎibùliǎo chī shǐ)

      1. (slang) a leopard cannot change its spots

      References

      • 2005, Yu Feng; Zhijie Jia, Jie Cai, Yaohua Shi, Judith M. Amory, Pop Chinese: A Cheng & Tsui Handbook Of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions (Cheng & Tsui Asian Dictionary Series) (话是这么说:中国当代流行语手册) (in English/Chinese), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, ISBN 0-88727-424-2:

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