草菅人命的意思和解釋

草菅人命的概述

拚音 cǎo jiān rén mìng

注音ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

詞性動詞成語

類型常用詞

英文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;

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

◎菅，一種野草。草菅人命比喻輕視人命，濫殺無辜。

例證語本《大戴禮記 · 保傅》：“其視殺人若艾草菅然，豈胡亥之性惡哉？”《初刻拍案驚奇 · 卷一一》：“所以說，為官做吏的人，千萬不要草菅人命，視同兒戲！”《文明小史 · 第二六回》：“況且內中有人到過雲南，曉得那裏官府待百姓的暴虐，……這些話說說，也教官府聽見，怕人家不服，不至依然草菅人命。”