【解释】草菅：野草。把人命看作野草。指任意残害人命。
【出处】《汉书·贾谊传》：“其视杀人，若艾草菅然。”
【示例】象某人这样的官，真正是～了。 ◎清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第四十七回
【近义词】滥杀无辜、生杀予夺、杀人如麻
【反义词】为民请命、为民除害
【语法】动宾式；作谓语、宾语、定语；指仗势行凶，不顾别人死活
◎ 草菅人命 cǎojiān-rénmìng
[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] 菅:一种野草。杀人如同除草,任意害人性命
-----------------国语辞典菅，一种野草。草菅人命比喻轻视人命，滥杀无辜。语本《大戴礼记．保傅》：「其视杀人若艾草菅然，岂胡亥之性恶哉？」《初刻拍案惊奇．卷一一》：「所以说，为官做吏的人，千万不要草菅人命，视同儿戏！」《文明小史．第二六回》：「况且内中有人到过云南，晓得那里官府待百姓的暴虐，……这些话说说，也教官府听见，怕人家不服，不至依然草菅人命。」近滥杀无辜,视如草芥,杀人如麻反人命关天
英语 human life as grass (idiom)?; to kill people like scything grass, a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen