狗改不了吃屎

Chinese

		dog	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved to be unfinished; to keep going on without end; to be unresolved; to be unable to	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	stool; faeces
trad. (狗改不了吃屎)		狗	改	不了	吃	屎
simp. #(狗改不了吃屎)		狗	改	不了	吃	屎
Literally: “dogs can't help eating shit”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄔ ㄕˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ [Phonetic: góugǎibùliǎochīshǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄞˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄔ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chih shǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kou³ kai³ pu⁴-liao³ chʻih¹ shih³
    • Yale: gǒu gǎi bù-lyǎu chr̄ shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou gae buleau chy shyy
    • Palladius: гоу гай буляо чи ши (gou gaj buljao či ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

狗改不了吃屎

1. (figurative, derogatory, low colloquial, idiomatic) a leopard cannot change its spots (said of bad habits or traits)

See also

• as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly