愛屋及烏

See also: 爱屋及乌

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	house; room	to reach; and	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (愛屋及烏)		愛	屋	及	烏
simp. (爱屋及乌)		爱	屋	及	乌
Literally: “love the house and its crow”.

Etymology

From Shangshu Dazhuan (《尚書大傳》):

愛人者，兼其屋上之烏。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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爱人者，兼其屋上之乌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Ài rén zhě, jiān qí wū shàng zhī wū. [Pinyin]

One who loves someone also loves the crow on his roof.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àiwūjíwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄨ ㄐㄧˊ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ uk¹ kap⁶ wu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ài-ok-ki̍p-o͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àiwūjíwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄨ ㄐㄧˊ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àiwujíwu
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-wu¹-chi²-wu¹
    • Yale: ài-wū-jí-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ayujyiu
    • Palladius: айуцзиу (ajucziu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ u⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi³ uk¹ kap⁶ wu¹
    • Yale: oi ūk kahp wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ uk⁷ kap⁹ wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ug¹ keb⁶ wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ ʊk̚⁵ kʰɐp̚² wuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài-ok-ki̍p-o͘
    • Tâi-lô: ài-ok-ki̍p-oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ae'okkib'of
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ai²¹⁻⁵³ ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴⁻³² ɔ⁴⁴/

Idiom

愛屋及烏

1. love me, love my dog; love for a person extends even to the crows on his roof; involvement with somebody and everyone connected