Dictionary/土生土长

土生土长 土生土長

tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng

ㄊㄨˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ
HSK 7-9
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

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土生土长

Example

xióng māo熊猫zài在sì四chuān川shěng省tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng土生土长，bù不zài在rèn hé任何qí tā其他shěng省fèn份de的yě wài野外shēng huó生活。
熊猫在四川省土生土长，不在任何其他省份的野外生活。
The panda is indigenous to Sichuan Province and does not live in the wild in any other places.