Meaning of 草菅人命
草菅人命 means to treat human lives as worthless as weeds; to kill people arbitrarily; to act with utter disregard for human life. Pronounced cǎo jiān rén mìng.
- to treat human lives as worthless as weeds; to kill people arbitrarily; to act with utter disregard for human life
Definitions & Examples
Nà那
gè个
bào暴
jūn君
cǎo草
jiān菅
rén人
mìng命
，
zuì最
zhōng终
bèi被
rén人
mín民
tuī推
fān翻
。
That tyrant treated human life as worthless and was eventually overthrown by the people.
Zài在
zhàn战
zhēng争
shí时
qī期
，
yǒu有
xiē些
jūn军
guān官
cǎo草
jiān菅
rén人
mìng命
，
suí随
yì意
qiāng枪
shā杀
fú俘
lǔ虏
。
During the war, some officers showed utter disregard for human life, arbitrarily shooting prisoners.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
cǎo草
jiān菅
rén人
mìng命
de的
xíng行
wéi为
，
bì必
jiāng将
shòu受
dào到
fǎ法
lǜ律
de的
yán严
chéng惩
。
Such acts of arbitrary killing will surely be severely punished by law.