草菅人命

cǎojiānrénmìng

treat human life as if it were not worth a straw; act with utter disregard for human life

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act as if human life is not worth a straw

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act as if human life is not worth a straw

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human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass, a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen

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草菅人命

cǎo jiān rén mìng

look upon human lives as if they were grass; trample people like mud and ashes; act with utter disregard for human life; have scanty (no) regard for human life; have complete disregard for human life -- slaughter people; make light of the lives of the people; murder people in cold blood; treat human life as no more than grass; treat human life as if it were not worth a straw; treat people's lives with utter disregard; wanton destruction of human life

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草菅人命|草菅人命 [cǎo jiān rén mìng] ► human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass ► a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen