Shì qīn, sānfēn xiàng; shì huǒ, rè guò kàng.

是親三分向, 是火熱過炕。

Lit [If people] are relatives, [they're at least] thirty-percent inclined [to favor one another], [just as surely as] a fire [is] hotter than a [heated] tile sleeping platform.

Fig “Blood is thicker than water.”

Note [Rhyme; see also rén qīn, gǔròu xiāng above and xuè bǐ shuǐ nóng below and the preceding entry.]

Topics BLOOD FAVORITISM RELATIVES rhyme