- 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
- 一(mark; position indicator)ASSOCIATIVE
A horizontal line at the base of a tree marks the root—that is the foundation, the essential base.
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本性难移
本性难移
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
2 meanings#45129
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
- ，。
One's nature is hard to change; he has always been like this.
- 貳形adjective
Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
- ，。
One's true nature is hard to change; he will not alter.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 忄(heart; mind)RADICAL
- 生(be born; live)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Nature is something that is born together with the heart of each person.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 禾(rice plant)RADICAL
- 多(many; much)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The character shows a grain plant bending and swaying in the wind, moving from one place to another.
本性难移
Traditional本性難移
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
2 meanings#45129
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
- ，。
One's nature is hard to change; he has always been like this.
- 貳形adjective
Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
- ，。
One's true nature is hard to change; he will not alter.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
- 一(mark; position indicator)ASSOCIATIVE
A horizontal line at the base of a tree marks the root—that is the foundation, the essential base.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 忄(heart; mind)RADICAL
- 生(be born; live)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Nature is something that is born together with the heart of each person.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
- 隹(short-tailed bird)RADICAL
Catching a short-tailed bird in flight with bare hands is as difficult as the challenge this character represents.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 禾(rice plant)RADICAL
- 多(many; much)PHONO-SEMANTIC
The character shows a grain plant bending and swaying in the wind, moving from one place to another.
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