隔代 gédài separated by a generation Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 隔代遗传 gédàiyíchuán atavism A biological trait from an ancestor reappearing in a descendant after being absent for one or more generations; also known as [[隔世遗传|隔世遺傳|ge2 shi4 yi2 chuan2]] or [[间歇遗传|間歇遺傳|jian4 xie1 yi2 chuan2]].