视如己出
shì rú jǐ chū
to treat another’s child as one’s own
Character by character
视shì
regard
regard
如rú
as
as
己jǐ
self
self
出chū
born
born
Example
姐姐去世后，她把姐姐的女儿接到家里，一直视如己出。
After her sister died she took her sister’s daughter into her home and has always treated her as her own.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
Praises a step-parent or adoptive parent; 出 means “born of”. Owners use it jokingly of their fur kids.
Learn this in Lesson 59 · HSK 6: 宠物经济 (The pet economy)
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