把百姓视为自己的子女一般,加以关爱。形容在上位者对人民爱护眷顾之深。《左传・襄公二十五年》:“问为政焉。对曰:『视民如子,见不仁者诛之,如鹰鹯之逐鸟雀也。』”亦作“视人如子”。
英语 regard the masses as one's children(treat the people as one's own children)