草菅人命
cǎo​jiān​rén​mìng

to disregard human life

  • created sense approved 草菅人命 · cǎo​jiān​rén​mìng · to disregard human life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    草菅人命

    cǎo​jiān​rén​mìng

    to disregard human life

    (idiom) to treat human life like weeds (the character [[菅|菅|jian1]] refers to a type of wild grass); to kill people or treat their lives with utter indifference

    草 (literal) → 草 · cǎo · grass 菅 (literal) → 菅 · jiān · to treat with contempt 人命 (literal) → 人命 · rén​mìng · human life

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