万变不离其宗 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 萬變不離其宗 wànbiànbùlíqízōng ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗㄨㄥ many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose Character by character 万(wàn)surname Wan 变(biàn)change 不(bù)no 离(lí)surname Li 其(qí)his 宗(zōng)surname Zong A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0