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先天不足,後天失調

xiāntiānbùzú,hòutiānshītiáo

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

Simplified 先天不足,后天失调

  1. 1to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life
  2. 2(fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time

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