草菅人命

Chinese
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 (grass); Themeda forsbali human life
trad. (草菅人命) 草 菅 人命
simp. #(草菅人命) 草 菅 人命

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-kan-jîn-bēng
      • Tâi-lô: tsháu-kan-jîn-bīng
      • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaw'kanjinbeng
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² biɪŋ²²/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³⁻³³ biɪŋ³³/

Idiom

草菅人命

  1. to regard human life as if it were as worthless as straw
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