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草菅人命
  cou2 gaan1 jan4 meng6   jyutping
  cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4   pinyin
treat human life with indifference; put people's lives in danger
[literal] treat human life as grass
[synonym] 殺人如麻


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
草菅人命

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Characters in this word:

 cou2  -  grass; herbs; weed
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 jan4  -  person; human being
 ming6 meng6  -  life; destiny; order
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