gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
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Original source entry:

狗改不了吃屎 狗改不了吃屎 [gou3 gai3 bu4 liao3 chi1 shi3] /lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)/fig. bad habits are hard to change/

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狗改不了吃屎
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