Láng zǒu qiān lǐ chī rén; gǒu dào tiānbiān chī shǐ.

狼走千里吃人, 狗到天邊吃屎。

Lit [Even if a] wolf travels a thousand miles, [it will still] eat people [and even if a] dog gets as far as the horizon, [it will still] eat excrement.

Fig People cannot change their basic character. “A leopard cannot change its spots.”

Note [See also gǒu chī shǐ and gǒu zǒu qiān lǐ and jiāngshān yì gǎi above and shé zuān de kūdòng and yī rén, yī xiàng below.]

Topics CHANGE CHARACTER EVIL HUMAN_NATURE