(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
trad. 土生土長
Also written 土生土長【tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng】
Characters in this word
3土
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surname Tu, Tu ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Tǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 8832 of 2500
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500