shāng
tiān
hài

idiom
derogatory
common

Meaning of 伤天害理

伤天害理 means to act with extreme cruelty and inhumanity; to violate the laws of heaven and reason; atrocious; heinous. Pronounced shāng tiān hài lǐ.

  • to act with extreme cruelty and inhumanity; to violate the laws of heaven and reason; atrocious; heinous

Definitions & Examples

wèi
le
zhuàn
qián
 
jìng
rán
zuò
chū
zhè
zhǒng
shāng
tiān
hài
de
shì
 

In order to make money, he actually did something so atrocious.

xiē
shāng
tiān
hài
de
è
rén
 
zuì
zhōng
dōu
nán
táo
de
zhì
cái
 

Those wicked people who committed heinous crimes ultimately could not escape legal punishment.

Guǎi
mài
ér
tóng
shì
shāng
tiān
hài
de
fàn
zuì
xíng
wéi
 

Trafficking children is an atrocious criminal act.

shāng
tiān
hài
 
è
zuò
 
zhōng
bèi
 

He committed all manner of atrocities and was finally arrested and imprisoned.