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土生土长

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是不是土生土长的
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土生土长的地方
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土生土长的花
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土生土长的本地人

Definition

土生土长

Literally means:

indigenous

Actually means:

locally born and bred

It refers to someone that was born and brought up on his native land or something autochthonous. It nonous emphasizes that they are not foreign or exotic but purely local.

在当地出生及成长的人,或本源在当地的事物。强调不是外来的,而是地地道道属于本土的。

Example

Used as attributive or object. (作定语、宾语)
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Biè
xiǎokàn
小看
zhōngguó
中国
shēngcháng
土生土长
de
shì
博士
  
,
men
他们
zhàoyàng
照样
néng
取得
shìjiè
世界
liú
一流
de
yán
科研
chéngguǒ
成果
  

Don't look down on Chinese-born Ph.D.s, they can still achieve world-class scientific research results.

2
bàodào
报道
  
,
běijīng
北京
àoyùnhuì
奥运会
suǒ
yòng
de
huāhuì
花卉
  
,
liàng
大量
de
jiāng
shì
dāng
当地
shēngcháng
土生土长
de
  

It is reported that a large number of flowers used in the Beijing Olympic Games will be native to the area.

3
shuō
néng
可能
kàn
chūlái
出来
  
,
shì
可是
shēngcháng
土生土长
de
dāngrén
当地人
  

I'm not saying you can't tell, he's a native.

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