土洋结合 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• combining native and foreign methods ; sophisticated and many-sided

Character by character

• 土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth
• 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
• 结jiéknot, tie; to connect, to join
• 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather

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
• 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
• 土生土长 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng
• 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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