乡土
xiāng tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

乡土
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xiāng tǔ
  1. native soil
  2. one's native land
  3. one's hometown
  4. local (to an area)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
tǔ fāng
  1. 1 cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
  2. 2 excavated soil
  3. 3 earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
  4. 4 (TCM) folk remedy
Tǔ xīng
  1. 1 Saturn (planet)
tǔ mù
  1. 1 building
  2. 2 construction
  3. 3 civil engineering
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
tǔ qì
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 uncouth
  3. 3 unsophisticated
tǔ tè chǎn
  1. 1 local specialty

Idioms (20)

入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
  1. 1 lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
面如土色
miàn rú tǔ sè
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面色如土
miàn sè rú tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
风土人情
fēng tǔ rén qíng
  1. 1 local conditions and customs (idiom)

Sample Sentences

确实如此,莫言的作品大多带着浓厚的乡土气息,作品中充满了对家乡的复杂情感,被归类为“寻根文学”。
quèshí rúcǐ ,Mòyán de zuòpǐn dàduō dài zhe nónghòu de xiāngtǔ qìxī ,zuòpǐn zhōng chōngmǎn le duì jiāxiāng de fùzá qínggǎn ,bèi guīlèi wèi “xúngēn wénxué ”。
That is the case, the majority of Mo Yan's work is suffused with a strong nativist sensitivity. The work is full of complex feelings towards one's homeplace and is categorized as "root-seeking literature".
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可是现在再听这些名字就觉得比较土。大概因为时代发展了,名字就显得比较老套。还有用和花相关的字来命名的,现在看起来也特别地俗气,比如翠花,小红,艳艳等,都比较有乡土气。
kěshì xiànzài zài tīng zhèxiē míngzi jiù juéde bǐjiào rustic 。dàgài yīnwèi shídài fāzhǎn le ,míngzi jiù xiǎnde bǐjiào lǎotào 。hái yǒu yòng hé huā xiāngguān de zì lái mìngmíng de ,xiànzài kàn qǐlai yě tèbié de súqì ,bǐrú Cuìhuā ,Xiǎo Hóng ,Yànyan děng ,dōu bǐjiào yǒu xiāngtǔ qì 。
But these days, when we hear these names, they sound a little dowdy. It's probably because it's a different era, so those names seem pretty old-fashioned. Names that have to do with flowers also seem very rustic-- ''Green Flower," ''Little Red," ''Bright and Beautiful," and so on. They all seem quite rural.