"Acquired" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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后天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
获得性 huò dé xìng acquired (i.e. not inborn)
后天性 hòu tiān xìng acquired (characteristic etc)
习得性 xí dé xìng acquired / learned
二手 èr shǒu indirectly acquired / second-hand (information, equipment etc) / assistant
二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
习性 xí xìng character acquired through long habit / habits and properties
道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]
获得性阅读障碍 huò dé xìng yuè dú zhàng ài acquired dyslexia
一回生，二回熟 yī huí shēng , èr huí shú lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste
一次生，两次熟 yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
假借义 jiǎ jiè yì the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
获得性免疫 huò dé xìng miǎn yì acquired immunity
黑砖窑 hēi zhuān yáo lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
获得性免疫缺陷综合征 huò dé xìng miǎn yì quē xiàn zōng hé zhēng acquired immune deficiency syndrome / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
世卫组织全球艾滋病方案资料文件 shì wèi zǔ zhī quán qiú yì zī bìng fāng àn zī liào wén jiàn WHO Global Programme Information Paper on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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