土生土长 — Chinese idiom
土生土长
tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng
Traditional: 土生土長
Meaning
- (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
Character by character
- 土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth
- 长zhǎnglong, lasting; to excel in
Idioms sharing a character
- 入土为安 rù tǔ wéi ān
- 卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái
- 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
- 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
- 土豪劣绅 tǔ háo liè shēn
- 土阶茅屋 tǔ jiē máo wū
- 土阶茅茨 tǔ jiē máo cí
- 守土有责 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
- 寸土寸金 cùn tǔ cùn jīn
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