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后天

hòutiān

1. noun the day after tomorrow

   后天我们就出发去北京。

   Hòutiān wǒmen jiù chūfā qù Běijīng.

   We set off for Beijing the day after tomorrow.

2. noun the period after birth; nurture (as opposed to 先天, nature)

   这种能力更多靠后天培养。

   Zhè zhǒng nénglì gèng duō kào hòutiān péiyǎng.

   This kind of ability depends more on nurture than on nature.

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