熏陶成性 — Chinese idiom
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
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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