爱民如子
爱民如子
ài mín rú zǐ
to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
verb
Traditional: 愛民如子
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- (verb) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
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Related Words
爱国如家(ài guó rú jiā)— to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)
→兼爱(jiān ài)— "universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
→十日谈(Shí rì Tán)— Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]
→尊贤爱物(zūn xián ài wù)— to honor the wise and love the people
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