- lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
- to feel beleaguered
Characters
- 草 (艸): variant of 草[cao3]
- 木 (木): surname Mu
- 皆 (皆): all; each and every; in all cases
- 兵 (兵): soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 草木皆兵
- MDBG: 草木皆兵
- Examples with 草木皆兵 on Tatoeba
Examples
草木皆兵。