积重难返
jīzhòng-nánfǎnTraditional 積重難返
ingrained bad habits are hard to change
Every meaning
jīzhòng-nánfǎn
- ingrained bad habits are hard to change
Its characters
- 积jīto accumulate; to amass
- 重zhòngheavy
- 难nándifficult; hard
- 返fǎnto return; to go back (as in 返回, 往返)
Words with 积
Words with 重
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.