地地道道 (dì dì dào dào) — genuine, authentic, through-and-through
Definition
A reduplicated adjective meaning 'thoroughly authentic, hundred-percent genuine' — emphasizes the unstinting, from-the-source quality of something like food, dialect, or a person. Always describes something essentially native or real.
adjective
genuineauthenticthrough-and-through
Examples
- 地地道道地地道道，。Tā shì yí wèi dì dì dào dào dì dì dào dào de běi jīng rén, duì hú tòng wén huà tè bié liǎo jiě.He is a true-blue Beijinger who especially understands hutong culture.
- 地地道道地地道道，。Zhè jiā fàn guǎn zuò de shì dì dì dào dào dì dì dào dào de sì chuān cài, wèi dào hěn zhèng zōng.This restaurant serves authentic Sichuan food — the taste is very genuine.
- ，地地道道地地道道。Tā bú shì nà zhǒng jiǎ xīng xīng de rén, shì gè dì dì dào dào dì dì dào dào de hǎo rén.He's not some hypocrite; he's a genuine good person through and through.
Origin
Reduplicated word构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication
A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.
地道 meaning genuine appears twice in the pattern 地地 道道, strengthening it to through-and-through.
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