地地道道

dìdìdàodào
adjective #35,567

Meanings

  1. 1 thoroughly authentic
  2. 2 genuine through and through
  3. 3 100% / to the core

Examples

Tā shuō de shì dìdìdàodào de Běijīnghuà.
He speaks 100% authentic Beijing dialect.
Zhè jiā diàn zuò de shì dìdìdàodào de Sìchuān cài.
This restaurant makes thoroughly authentic Sichuan food.

Tips

grammar
Reduplicated form (AABB) of 地道 (dìdao, 'authentic / genuine') for emphasis. The reduplication intensifies and is a common rhetorical move with two-character adjectives: 干干净净 (squeaky-clean), 漂漂亮亮 (dressed up nicely), 老老实实 (perfectly honest).

Stroke Order

dào