土生土长

tǔshēng-tǔzhǎng

(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly i

HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 土生土長

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他是土生土长的本地人。

He was born and raised here.

这戏是土生土长的。

This play is wholly local.