tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng

Traditional: 土生土長

HSK 7–9

土生土长 (tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous

Characters in 土生土长

土tǔ · earth生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born土tǔ · earth长cháng · long

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner长long长chief长官senior official生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force

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