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土生土長

tǔshēngtǔzhǎng

ㄊㄨˇ ㄕㄥ ㄊㄨˇ ㄓㄤˇ

Simplified 土生土长

  1. 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
Example

熊貓在四川省土生土長,不在任何其他省份的野外生活。

xióngmāo zài SìchuānShěng tǔshēngtǔzhǎng búzài rènhé qítā shěngfèn de yěwài shēnghuó

The panda is indigenous to Sichuan Province and does not live in the wild in any other places.

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