忍心害理rěn xīn hài lǐcruel and irrational;ruthless and devoid of human feelings
? 則同治年間就有人以埋兒等事為“～”，灼然可知。(魯迅《朝花夕拾·后記》97) From this it is clear that in the reign of Tong Zhi some people considered such acts as burying a child alive as “cruel and irrational.”/起觀斯世之～，幾全如陳叔寶之無心肝。(魯迅《朝花夕拾·后記》98) I see that this world’s irrational cruelty is well-nigh as bad as the heartlessness of Chen Shubao. |