愛民如子
ài​mín​rú​zǐ

to love people as one's own children

  • created sense approved 爱民如子/愛民如子 · ài​mín​rú​zǐ · to love people as one's own children — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    爱民如子 / 愛民如子

    ài​mín​rú​zǐ

    to love people as one's own children

    (idiom) to love and protect the common people as if they were one's own children; used to praise a virtuous ruler or official

    爱民 (literal) → 爱民/愛民 · ài​mín · to care for the people 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 子 (literal) → 子 · zǐ · son

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense