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先天不足，后天失调

xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo

9-character word Traditional 先天不足，後天失調

What 先天不足，后天失调 means

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

The characters in 先天不足，后天失调

• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend