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<li>他比妻子更爱他的母亲  (he compare to his wife, he loves his mother more) means &quot;he loves his mother more than his wife does&quot; and it is not what the English sentence means.</li>
<li>他爱他的母亲胜过爱他的妻子 is correct but wordy, you can reduce it to 他爱(他的)母亲胜过爱(他的)妻子 --&gt; 他爱母亲胜过爱妻子</li>
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<p>Replace 胜过 (better than) with 多过 (more than) --&gt; <strong>他爱母亲多过爱妻子</strong></p>

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Tang Ho
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<p>他爱他的母亲胜过爱他的妻子.</p>
<p>他比妻子更爱他的母亲.</p>
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<p>These two sentences have different meaning.</p>
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It is mom not mon, please edit the graphic
Tang Ho
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HungYu Chang
<p>So I watched a movie.  There was a situation where the main character had to make a decision between his mother and his wife.  And he chose his mother.  So if I want to express that “He loves his mother more than his wife”.  Which of the following would be appropriate.  Or there is another way to say it?</p>
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<li>他爱他的母亲胜过爱他的妻子.</li>
<li>他比妻子更爱他的母亲.</li>
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Translating "I like dogs more than cats" into Chinese is a common challenge for students: the Chinese and English grammar is mismatched, and there's multiple ways of achieving it.  It arises a lot, e.g.: [A more direct translation for "I \[verb\] \[x\] more than \[y\]"](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/19454) [How to say "I prefer x over y"?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/6390) [Mandarin: different ways of asking if someone prefers A to B](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/26894).
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How do I say “he loves his mother more than his wife”?
# How do I say “he loves his mother more than his wife”?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-04)

So I watched a movie. There was a situation where the main character had to make a decision between his mother and his wife. And he chose his mother. So if I want to express that “He loves his mother more than his wife”. Which of the following would be appropriate. Or there is another way to say it?

1. 他爱他的母亲胜过爱他的妻子.
2. 他比妻子更爱他的母亲.

**Tags:** grammar, vocabulary, sentence-structure, comparison

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Translating "I like dogs more than cats" into Chinese is a common challenge for students: the Chinese and English grammar is mismatched, and there's multiple ways of achieving it.  It arises a lot, e.g.: [A more direct translation for "I \[verb\] \[x\] more than \[y\]"](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/19454) [How to say "I prefer x over y"?](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/6390) [Mandarin: different ways of asking if someone prefers A to B](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/26894).  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

* 他比妻子更爱他的母亲 (he compare to his wife, he loves his mother more) means "he loves his mother more than his wife does" and it is not what the English sentence means.
* 他爱他的母亲胜过爱他的妻子 is correct but wordy, you can reduce it to 他爱(他的)母亲胜过爱(他的)妻子 --> 他爱母亲胜过爱妻子

Replace 胜过 (better than) with 多过 (more than) --> **他爱母亲多过爱妻子**


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-10-05. Score: 2

> 他爱他的母亲胜过爱他的妻子.
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> 他比妻子更爱他的母亲.

These two sentences have different meaning.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/GqMir.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/GqMir.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: It is mom not mon, please edit the graphic  

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