1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
2 you can't change who you are
3 Can the leopard change his spots?
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
2 deteriorating day by day
江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
1 Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
2 fig. to have used up one's creative powers
3 to have writer's block
无心插柳
wú xīn chā liǔ
1 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
2 serendipitous
3 fortuitous
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
2 fig. overwhelming
3 earth-shattering
4 in a spectacular mess
船到江心,补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
万里江山
wàn lǐ jiāng shān
1 lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains
2 a vast territory (idiom)
长江后浪推前浪
Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng
1 lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
2 fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
3 each new generation excels the previous
4 (of things) to be constantly evolving
随风倒柳
suí fēng dǎo liǔ
1 lit. a willow that bends with the wind
2 one with no fixed principles (idiom)
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