"先天" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiān tiān embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4tian1]) / inborn / innate / natural
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 xiān tiān xìng congenital / intrinsic / innate
 xiān tiān bù zú to suffer from a congenital deficiency / to have an inherent weakness
  birth defect
 xiān tiān yú xíng (old) Down syndrome / trisomy 21
 xiān tiān xìng miǎn yì congenital immunity
 xiān tiān xìng quē xiàn birth defect
 xiān tiān yǔ hòu tiān nature versus nurture
 xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1])
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