







虐老兽心 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be extremely cruel and heartless, especially towards the elderly”. To show beastly cruelty and lack of humanity. Literally, “Abuse the elderly with a beastly heart”.

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Open the tool →虐老兽心 (nüè lǎo shòu xīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be extremely cruel and heartless, especially towards the elderly”.
虐老兽心 is pronounced nüè lǎo shòu xīn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 虐老兽心 means “Abuse the elderly with a beastly heart”. It is used to mean “to be extremely cruel and heartless, especially towards the elderly”.
虐老:虐待老人。喻残暴凶狠而无仁义,有如野兽。