affectionate
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m ì L ǐ Ti á oy ó u, which means very close and good. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 97 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "one day, Baoyu's family and our girls were very happy. At this time, they never met each other. They didn't know whether it was a real disease or a fake disease."
Idiom usage
The metaphor is very intimate. Before he left, the weeping man only asked how soon he would come. (Chapter 39 of biography of children heroes by Wen Kang in Qing Dynasty)
affectionate
be contented in poverty and devoted to things spiritual - gān pín lè dào
nourish the living and bury the dead -- do one 's duty - sòng wǎng shì jū