土生土长 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally grown

Explanation

指在本地出生、成长。

means to be born and raised in a place.

Origin Story

小明出生在一个小山村，从小到大，他就生活在那里。村里的一草一木，他都熟悉得很。他喜欢在田埂上玩耍，在小溪里抓鱼，和村里的伙伴们一起度过快乐的童年时光。长大后，他虽然离开了小山村，去往了大城市工作，但他对家乡始终怀有深厚的感情，每逢佳节，他都会回到小山村，看看那儿熟悉的一切，感受那份土生土长的亲切。

xiǎomíng chūshēng zài yīgè xiǎoshān cūn, cóng xiǎo dào dà, tā jiù shēnghuó zài nàlǐ. cūn lǐ de yī cǎo yī mù, tā dōu shúxī de hěn. tā xǐhuan zài tiángěng shàng wánshuǎ, zài xiǎoxī lǐ zhuā yú, hé cūn lǐ de huǒbàn men yīqǐ dùguò kuàilè de tóngnián shíguāng. zhǎng dà hòu, tā suīrán líkāi le xiǎoshān cūn, qù wǎng le dà chéngshì gōngzuò, dàn tā duì jiāxiāng shǐzhōng huái yǒu shēnhòu de gǎnqíng, měi féng jiājié, tā dōu huì huí dào xiǎoshān cūn, kàn kàn nàr shúxī de yīqiè, gǎnshòu nà fèn tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng de qīnqiē.

Xiaoming was born in a small mountain village, and from childhood to adulthood, he lived there. He was very familiar with every plant and tree in the village. He liked to play on the ridges, catch fish in the streams, and spend his happy childhood with his village friends. After growing up, although he left the small mountain village and went to the big city to work, he still had deep affection for his hometown. Every festival, he would return to the small mountain village to see everything familiar there and feel the warmth of his hometown.

Usage

作谓语、定语；指当地生长。

zuò wèiyǔ, dìngyǔ; zhǐ dàngdì shēngzhǎng

as predicate, attributive; refers to being born and raised in the area.

Examples

• 他土生土长在农村，对农村生活非常了解。

  tā tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng zài nóngcūn, duì nóngcūn shēnghuó fēicháng liǎojiě.

  He grew up in the countryside and is very familiar with rural life.

• 这个企业土生土长于这座城市，见证了这座城市的变迁。

  zhège qǐyè tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng yú zhè zuò chéngshì, jiàn zhèng le zhè zuò chéngshì de biànqiān

  This enterprise originated in this city and has witnessed the changes of this city.

Related Idioms

• 根生土长

• 本地人

Opposite Idioms

• 外来的

• 舶来品