"Spots" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiǔ cì acne / spots
 bān bān full of stains or spots
 míng shèng gǔ jì historical sites and scenic spots
 lǎn shèng to visit scenic spots
 shài bān sunburn spots (on skin)
 yǎn black spots on body
 yǎn black spots on body
 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
 jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?
 fēi wén zhèng eye floaters (moving spots in the eye's vitreous humor)
 xiāng fēi zhú same as 斑竹[ban1 zhu2], mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's 舜[Shun4] concubines (Ehuang 娥皇[E2 huang2] and Nüying 女英[Nu:3 ying1], known as the Concubines of the Xiang 湘妃[Xiang1 Fei1]) upon learning of his death
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