草木皆兵 in English cao3 mu4 jie1 bing1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
  • to feel beleaguered

Simplified Characters

草 木 皆 兵

Traditional Characters

草 木 皆 兵

Pinyin

cao3 mu4 jie1 bing1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

草cao3variant of 草[cao3] 木mu4surname Mu 皆jie1all 兵bing1soldiers