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草
木
皆
兵
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Jyutping
cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1
Pinyin
cǎo mù jiē bīng
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
to feel beleaguered
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
見到風吹草動,都以為係敵兵,比喻緊張、恐懼,疑神疑鬼
extremely nervous
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
Describes a situation in which someone is being overly paranoid: to apprehend danger in every sound
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
草木皆兵
草木皆兵
cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1
extremely nervous; literally: grass and trees are all (regarded as) soldiers
Cantonese
草木皆兵
草木皆兵
extremely nervous; to mistake grass and trees as soldiers