爱 民 如 子

ài mín rú zǐdictionary entry

(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)

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Original source entry:

愛民如子 爱民如子 [ai4 min2 ru2 zi3] /(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)/

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Other forms in these source records: 愛民如子

爱
ài
to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen)
民
mín
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
Mín
surname Min
如
rú
as / as if / such as
子
zǐ
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-
zi
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

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