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后天
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Definitions
- 1. the day after tomorrow
- 2. life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xiān tiān])
- 3. acquired (not innate or congenital)
- 4. a posteriori
Example Sentences
1 shown后天 见。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 后天
acquired (characteristic etc)
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life
The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[fàn zhòng yān]
three days from now
nature versus nurture