本性 běnxìng

běnxìng noun inherent nature
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '本性'; FGDB '本性'; Guoyu '本性')

Contained in

• 本性难移(本性難移) It is hard to change one's essential nature . You can't change who you are.
• 江山易改，本性难移(江山易改，本性難移) it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character; you can't change who you are

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• 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil Xunzi 荀子 — count: 7
• 卷三十四　　　　志第二十四　　五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 2
• 卷六十一 志第三十七 樂一 Volume 61 Treatises 37: Music 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 49 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
• 卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 第九十五回 Chapter 95 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 卷二百一十五上 列傳第一百四十上 突厥上 Volume 215a Biographies 140a: Tujie 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 欺本性 (欺本性) 邪怪生強欺本性 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第六十五回 Chapter 65 — count: 2
• 本性凶狠 (本性兇狠) 但本性兇狠 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷59　列傳第24 煬帝三男 Volume 59 Biographies 24: Three Sons of Emperor Yang — count: 2
• 本性懒 (本性懶) 黛玉本性懶與人共 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 22 — count: 2