Meaning of idiom 草菅人命
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Idiom
Pinyin cǎo jiān rén mìng
Phonetic Notation ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Englishhuman life as grass (idiom)​; to kill people like scything grass, a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen
Idiom Meaning

◎ 草菅人命 cǎojiān-rénmìng

[slaughter people and treat human life as if it were not worth a straw;act with utter disregard for human life;treat human life as grass] 菅:一种野草。杀人如同除草,任意害人性命

Idiom Explanation

草菅人命

【解释】草菅：野草。把人命看作野草。指任意残害人命。

【出处】《汉书·贾谊传》：“其视杀人，若艾草菅然。”

【示例】象某人这样的官，真正是～了。 ◎清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第四十七回

【近义词】滥杀无辜、生杀予夺、杀人如麻

【反义词】为民请命、为民除害

【语法】动宾式；作谓语、宾语、定语；指仗势行凶，不顾别人死活

Meaning in Internet

草菅人命

  • 草菅人命，汉语成语。
  • 拼音：cǎo jiān rén mìng
  • 释义：人的性命看得像野草一样轻贱；随意加以摧残。这则成语多用于形容官吏草率处理案件，使无罪者屈死。也指反动统治者滥施淫威；任意残害人命。也作“草菅民命。”
  • 【“草菅人命”常误写为“草管人命”，应注意。】