熏陶成性 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• nurture makes second nature
• good habits come by long assimilation

Character by character

• 熏xūnto smoke, to cure meat; vapor, smoke, fog
• 陶táopottery, ceramics
• 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
• 性xìngsex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb t

Idioms sharing a character

• 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
• 烟熏火燎 yān xūn huǒ liǎo
• 臭气熏天 chòu qì xūn tiān
• 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
• 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
• 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
• 一语成谶 yī yǔ chéng chèn
• 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
• 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
• 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ

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