地地道道

Mandarin · pinyin dì dì dào dào

Meanings

  1. thoroughgoing
  2. authentic
  3. 100%
  4. to the core
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地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
道
dào · path, road, street; method, way
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4–4–4–4 · di4 di4 dao4 dao4

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dei6 dei6 dou6 dou6

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adj

  1. (emphatic) out-and-out; utter; absolute; true-blue

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