A river (江) is water flowing powerfully like a laborer working tirelessly without pause.
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江山易改，本性难移
江山易改，本性难移
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
- ，。
It is easy to change mountains and rivers, but hard to change one's nature.
- 貳形adjective
you can't change who you are
- ，。
It is easy to change the landscape, but difficult to change one's nature.
- 參形adjective
Can the leopard change his spots?
- ，。
A man's nature is harder to change than the mountains and rivers.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 山(mountain)ASSOCIATIVE
Three mountain peaks jutting upward resemble a majestic mountain range before your eyes.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 己(self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(handle stick, action)RADICAL
Taking a stick in your own hand to beat yourself corrects your mistakes.
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.
江山易改，本性难移
Traditional江山易改，本性難移
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
- ，。
It is easy to change mountains and rivers, but hard to change one's nature.
- 貳形adjective
you can't change who you are
- ，。
It is easy to change the landscape, but difficult to change one's nature.
- 參形adjective
Can the leopard change his spots?
- ，。
A man's nature is harder to change than the mountains and rivers.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 山(mountain)ASSOCIATIVE
Three mountain peaks jutting upward resemble a majestic mountain range before your eyes.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 己(self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(handle stick, action)RADICAL
Taking a stick in your own hand to beat yourself corrects your mistakes.
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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