Mountains and rivers are easy to change, but nature is hard to change

Mountains and rivers are easy to change, but nature is hard to change

It is a Chinese idiom, which is pronounced sh ā NH é y ì g ǎ I, B ě nx ì NGN á NY í, meaning that the change of human nature is more difficult than the change of mountains and rivers. A habit that is hard to change.

Idiom explanation

The change of human nature is more difficult than the change of mountains and rivers. A habit that is hard to change.

Idioms and allusions

The second fold of Yuan Dynasty's anonymous Xie Jinwu: "it's not easy to change mountains and rivers, but it's hard to change nature."

Discrimination of words

[usage] used as object and attribute; mostly used for feeling, etc