先花后果 xiānhuāhòuguǒ to have a daughter first then a son Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 先 xiān adverb first earlier in time or sequence; beforehand; in advance花 huā verbnoun to bloom to bloom; to blossom后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence果 guǒ to realize (literary) to realize; to carry out; to come to fruition