狗改不了吃屎

gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. bad habits are hard to change

Child Words of 狗改不了吃屎

不
bù

no; not so

了
le

(completed action marker)

吃
chī

to eat

改
gǎi

to change

狗
gǒu

dog

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

不了
bù le

no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)

屎
shǐ

stool