Xiāndān nán zhì méi liángxīn.

仙丹難治沒良心。

Lit [Even] the gods' medicine cannot cure [people] without consciences.

Fig There is no way to convert those without consciences into kind-hearted people.

Note [Note: xiāndān, (lit) “immortals' pills,” usually refers to a magical “elixir of life.”]

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