江山易改，本性难移

it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?

surname Jiang

river / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang

rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

easy / amiable / to change / to exchange / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" / abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes

to change / to alter / to transform / to correct

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

natural instincts / nature / inherent quality

nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / CL:個|个[ge4]

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold

It 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)

to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove