忍心害理rěn xīn hài lǐcruel and irrational;ruthless and devoid of human feelings
❍ 则同治年间就有人以埋儿等事为“～”，灼然可知。(鲁迅《朝花夕拾·后记》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.”/起观斯世之～，几全如陈叔宝之无心肝。(鲁迅《朝花夕拾·后记》98) I see that this world’s irrational cruelty is well-nigh as bad as the heartlessness of Chen Shubao. |