先 天

xiāntiān

Meaning

embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1])
inborn; innate; natural

Example

脑损伤是先天的。

The brain damage was congenital.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

xiānHSK 16 strokesbeforehand; first; earlier tiānHSK 14 strokesday

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