A country is easy to change, but a disposition is hard to change
This idiom comes from Ming Dynasty's Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan. It refers to the change of human nature, which is more difficult than the change of rivers and mountains.
[idiom] easy to change, hard to change temperament [Pinyin] Ji ā ngsh ā NY ì G I, B ǐ NGX ì NGN á NY í [explanation] temperament: nature, nature (psychology refers to character). The change of human nature is more difficult than the change of rivers and mountains. It's hard to change human nature. [source] Volume 35 of Xing Shi Heng Yan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "I don't know what the officials have. As the saying goes, "a good way is easy to change, but a good disposition is hard to change."
A country is easy to change, but a disposition is hard to change
Not in his position, not in his politics - bù zài qí wèi,bù móu qí zhèng
Jade and stone are broken together - yù shí tóng suì
spring returns to the good earth - chūn huí dà dì