What Does "什么草菅人命啊" (shén me cǎo jiān rén mìng a) Mean?

shén什me么cǎo草jiān菅rén人mìng命a啊

What do you mean by treating human life as worthless?

HSK Vocabulary

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Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E34

Clip Timestamp

2:15

TMDB ID

279388

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	太傅莫急嘛	tài fù mò jí ma	Grand Tutor, don't be so hasty.
2▶	什么草菅人命啊	shén me cǎo jiān rén mìng a	What do you mean by treating human life as worthless?
3	魏相	wèi xiāng	Prime Minister Wei!

More Clips From Episode

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大人说得是

dà rén shuō dé shìYou are right, My Lord.

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爱到处撒尿拉屎

ài dào chù sā niào lā shǐthat like to piss and shit everywhere,

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这再干净的地方也脏了

zhè zài gān jìng de dì fāng yě zāng lemaking even the cleanest place dirty.

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你说谁是猪呢

nǐ shuō shuí shì zhū neWho are you calling a pig?

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所言虽然直白了一些

suǒ yán suī rán zhí bái le yī xiēYour words are blunt,

HSK 5

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却也有几分道理啊

què yě yǒu jǐ fēn dào lǐ abut they make some sense.

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口舌之利可不能当战功

kǒu shé zhī lì kě bù néng dāng zhàn gōngSharp words do not count as military merit.

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应当以保家卫国为己任

yīng dāng yǐ bǎo jiā wèi guó wèi jǐ rènyour duty is to protect the country,

HSK 2

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李太傅说得是

lǐ tài fù shuō dé shìYou are right, Grand Tutor Li.

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末将当然知道保家卫国的重要了

mò jiāng dāng rán zhī dào bǎo jiā wèi guó de zhòng yào leOf course I know the importance of protecting the country.

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但边陲百姓受苦受难之时

dàn biān chuí bǎi xìng shòu kǔ shòu nàn zhī shíBut when the people on the border were suffering,

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李太傅又在何处说风凉话

lǐ tài fù yòu zài hé chù shuō fēng liáng huàwhere were you making snide remarks, Grand Tutor Li?

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樊将军这性格果然是直爽

fán jiāng jūn zhè xìng gé guǒ rán shì zhí shuǎngGeneral Fan certainly has a straightforward character,

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完全不同于寻常女子

wán quán bù tóng yú xún cháng nǚ zǐcompletely different from ordinary women.

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理应对其宽容才是

lǐ yìng duì qí kuān róng cái shìshould be tolerant of her.

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日后再议罢了

rì hòu zài yì bà lewe shall discuss it another day.

HSK 1

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duō xiè wèi xiāngThank you, Prime Minister Wei.

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多亏了魏相的宽宏大量

duō kuī le wèi xiāng de kuān hóng dà liàngis thanks to your magnanimity.

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朝堂和杀猪一样

cháo táng hé shā zhū yī yàngThe Imperial Court is like butchering pigs.

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杀猪讲究一刀毙命

shā zhū jiǎng jiū yī dāo bì mìngButchering requires a single fatal cut.