hòu tiān

后 天

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n.the day after tomorrow
- chú fēi wǒ jì suàn cuò wù zhè zhāng zhàng dān yīng zài hòu tiān zhī fù
  除非我计算错误，这张帐单应在后天支付。
  Unless I misreckon, the bill comes due the day after tomorrow.
- dào hòu tiān kě yǐ bǔ jī piào gěi wǒ ma
  到后天可以补机票给我吗？
  By the day after tomorrow, can I have the ticket reissued?
- nǐ hòu tiān yǒu kòng ma
  你后天有空吗？
  Are you free the day after tomorrow?
synonym
hòu rì后日
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n.a period in which humans or animals exist independently after birth
- xiān tiān bù zú hòu tiān shī tiáo
  先天不足，后天失调
  be congenitally deficient, and lack proper care after birth
- xué shí shì hòu tiān huò dé de bù shì xiān tiān jiù yǒu de
  学识是后天获得的，不是先天就有的。
  Knowledge is acquired, not innate.
- wǒ men bù zhī dào nǎ xiē tè zhēng shì yí chuán de nǎ xiē shì hòu tiān yǎng chéng de
  我们不知道哪些特征是遗传的，哪些是后天养成的。
  We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired.
antonym
xiān tiān先天
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adj.acquired; postnatal; nurtured (as opposed to "innate")
- hòu tiān miǎn yì
  后天免疫
  adaptive immunity

后天