yí chuán
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我的眼睛遗传了我妈妈。
Wǒ de yǎn jīng yǐ chuán le wǒ mā ma.
My eyes are inherited from my mother.
他遗传了他父亲的聪明才智。
Tā yǐ chuán le tā fù qīn de cōng míng cái zhì.
He inherited his father's intelligence.
这种疾病具有遗传性。
Zhè zhǒng jí bìng jù yǒu yǐ chuán xìng.
This disease is hereditary.
世袭 (shìxí)
hereditary
基因遗传 (jīyīn yíchuán)
genetic inheritance
后天 (hòutiān)
acquired
环境 (huánjìng)
environment
The Chinese word 遗传 (yíchuán) for "genetics" or "heredity" is composed of two characters: 遗 (yí) and 传 (chuán). 遗 originally meant "to leave behind" or "to bequeath", and in the context of genetics, it refers to the passing on of traits from parents to offspring. 传, on the other hand, means "to transmit" or "to pass on", emphasizing the process of inheritance. Together, 遗传 (yíchuán) conveys the idea of the transmission of genetic information from one generation to the next.
