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old habits are hard to change (idiom)

积习难改
jī xí nán gǎi
j+ī·1st tonex+í·2nd tonen+án·2nd toneg+ǎi·3rd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard积重难返jī zhòng nán fǎnto revert to old ways故态复萌gù tài fù méngIt is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. · Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)本性难移běn xìng nán yí
Antonyms
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf · a reformed character痛改前非tòng gǎi qián fēito get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate除旧布新chú jiù bù xīnto push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate推陈出新tuī chén chū xīn
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