伤天害理 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to offend Heaven and reason ; bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
• outrageous acts

Character by character

• 伤shāngto injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
• 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
• 害hàito injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
• 理lǐscience, reason, logic; to manage

Idioms sharing a character

• 伤及无辜 shāng jí wú gū
• 伤心惨目 shāng xīn cǎn mù
• 伤心欲绝 shāng xīn yù jué
• 伤筋动骨 shāng jīn dòng gǔ
• 伤筋断骨 shāng jīn duàn gǔ
• 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
• 两败俱伤 liǎng bài jù shāng
• 劳民伤财 láo mín shāng cái
• 哀而不伤 āi ér bù shāng
• 恶语中伤 è yǔ zhòng shāng

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