土洋

tǔyáng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 domestic and foreign (combined)
  2. 2 indigenous and Western
  3. 3 low-tech and high-tech (combined)

Examples

HSK 3
Gōngchǎng cǎiyòng tǔyáng jiéhé de fāngfǎ jiějué wèntí.
The factory used a combination of homemade and imported methods to solve the problem.
HSK 7-9
Zhè jiā xiǎodiàn tǔyáng bìngjǔ, jì mài jiānbing yě mài kāfēi.
This little shop mixes the local and the foreign - selling both jianbing and coffee.

Tips

usage
Almost always in compounds: 土洋结合 (combine homegrown and imported methods), 土洋并举 (use both at once), 土法洋法 (local methods and Western methods). carries both 'local' and 'crude/unsophisticated' connotations; means both 'foreign' and 'modern/Western'.
history
Peaked in 1950s-60s industrial slogans like 土洋结合,以土为主 ('combine local and Western, with local as the main') - the Mao-era push to industrialize using whatever methods were on hand. The phrasing survives in factory and engineering speech today.

Stroke Order

yáng