Saturday, February 25, 2017

Love me, love my dog - 爱屋及乌

爱(ai)屋(wu)及(ji)乌(wu)


"爱" means "love,like"
"屋" means" house, apartment"
"及" means"involve,refer to"
"乌" here is the abbreviation for "乌鸦", and "乌鸦" means "crow".

So the literal translation of this idiom is "the love for the house extends even to the crows perching on its roof".

Corresponding English idiom: "Love me,love my dog".

Example sentence: Nick's mother-in-law is quite different from his wife, but "love me, love my dog", Nick does honour and respect his mother-in-law a lot.

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