Old diseases are hard to cure
It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Ji ù B ì NGN á NY ī, which means that it is difficult to correct the past mistakes. From Handan, Sanhua.
The origin of Idioms
The third part of Ming Dynasty's Wu Mingshi's "Sanhua Handan" is: "you can't find an escape plan when you are a prisoner holding an official. You can't turn back quickly until you regret coming late, and you don't tie up your heart and mind. It's not that your nature can't be changed and your old illness can't be cured."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute
Chinese PinYin : jiù bìng nán yī
Old diseases are hard to cure
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Lick the skin and discuss the bone. shì pí lùn gǔ
a wandering spirit in the bottom of a cauldron -- in hades. fǔ dǐ yóu hún
bring a romance to a happy ending. chéng rén zhī shàn
The white ant contends for the nest. bái yǐ zhēng xué