劣根性

mín zú liè gēn xìng

民族劣根性

innate weaknesses of a nation

tā men jié hūn bù jiǔ tā de liè gēn xìng bì lù

他们结婚不久，他的劣根性毕露。

They had not long been man and wife before he began to show the cloven foot.

tā de liè gēn xìng jiǎn zhí bù kě jiù yào

她的劣根性简直不可救药。

Her deep-rooted bad habits are simply beyond remedy.

zhè zhǒng chuán tǒng de nóng gēng wén huà liè gēn xìng bù fáng chēng zhī wéi zhū rú wén huà

这种传统的农耕文化劣根性，不妨称之为“侏儒文化”。

We can call this deep-rooted bad habits of farming culture as "Dwarf Culture".