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Meaning of 积重难返

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积 jī 重 zhòng 难 nán 返 fǎn (Trad.: 積重難返)
ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard
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Synonym: 积习难改
Example Sentences
1
这些政治刁难是由文化困境积重难返造成的
。
These political difficulties are piled on top of cultural difficulties.
2
千余年考试内容僵化的积重难返
,
是科举终结之根本原因
。
More than a thousand years, the recurrent rigid examination content is the fundamental cause of the end examination.
3
欧债危机积重难返
,
继续扰动全球市场
,
因此
,
爱尔兰值得关注
。
Ireland is something to watch closely as Europe's long and slogging debt crisis continues to roil global markets.
4
兰德思先生辩驳说
,
当时他已经积重难返
,
而且政府的警告也从来不够有力
。
Mr Landers argued back that he was too far gone by then, and that the government warnings had never been forceful enough.
5
这些经济体必须进行必要的结构改革以提高经济增长率
。
这不仅有利于这些国家的人民
,
也有助于防止全球经济不平衡积重难返
。
These economies must implement necessary structural reforms to achieve higher growth rates -- to benefit their own citizens and to prevent the build-up of imbalances in the global economy.