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先花后果
xiān​huā​hòu​guǒ

to have a daughter first then a son

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 先 xiān adverb
    first
    earlier in time or sequence; beforehand; in advance
  2. 花 huā verbnoun
    to bloom
    to bloom; to blossom
  3. 后 後 hòu locativepreposition
    after
    (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence
  4. 果 guǒ
    to realize
    (literary) to realize; to carry out; to come to fruition