DictionaryCommon words本土

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本土

běntǔ

“one's native land; local; domestic; mainland territory; (in colonial context) the metropole as opposed to colonies”

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Root or trunk of a plant; origin or source of something; basis; capital or principal; classifier for books or periodicals; this; current.

Earth; soil; dirt; clay; ground; local; indigenous; crude; unsophisticated; a surname; one of the five elements; a radical.