created sense approved 先天不足，后天失调/先天不足，後天失調 · xiāntiānbùzúhòutiānshītiáo · to be inherently weak and poorly raised — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
先天不足，后天失调 / 先天不足，後天失調
xiāntiānbùzúhòutiānshītiáo
to be inherently weak and poorly raised
To be born with a weak constitution and suffer from poor health throughout life; used figuratively to describe a project or person that is problematic from the start and gets even worse over time.
先天不足 (literal) → 先天不足 · xiāntiānbùzú · congenital deficiency ， (non_chinese) 后天 (literal) → 后天/後天 · hòutiān · acquired 失调 (literal) → 失调/失調 · shītiáo · imbalance
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