愛國如家的意思是像愛我們的家一樣愛我們的國。可以翻譯為love ones country the same way one loves ones own family。

其中隱含著如此的觀念：熱愛祖國的人都不分彼此，好似一家人，每一個人都像愛我們的家一樣愛國愛民（all those who love their motherland are intimately bound together as if they were from the same family, so they should love their country and its people in the same way they love their families）。

例子：

烈士之愛國也如家。

A person with noble aspiration^{1 loves his country the way he does his family.}