视如土芥

視如土芥
shìrútǔjiè
  1. to regard as useless
  2. to view as no better than weeds

CEDICT

语本《孟子．离娄下》：「君之视臣如土芥，则臣视君如寇雠。」谓看成像泥土、小草般卑微。比喻极为轻蔑，藐视。《儒林外史．第四一回》：「盐商富贵奢华，多少士大夫见了就销魂夺魄；你一个弱女子，视如土芥，这就可敬的极了。」也作「视如草芥」、「视若草芥」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 视 shì
  1. variant of 视 shì
  2. variant of 示 shì
=1 视 shì old variant of 视 shì
=1 视 shì (literary, or bound form) to look at
2 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
3 土 tǔ
  1. earth
  2. dust
  3. clay
  4. local
  5. indigenous
  6. crude opium
  7. unsophisticated
  8. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn
4 芥 jiè mustard