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Jyutping cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1
Pinyin cǎo mù jiē bīng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
  2. to feel beleaguered
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 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)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    Describes a situation in which someone is being overly paranoid: to apprehend danger in every sound
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    草木皆兵
    草木皆兵
    cou2 muk6 gaai1 bing1
    • extremely nervous; literally: grass and trees are all (regarded as) soldiers
  2. Cantonese
    草木皆兵
    草木皆兵
    • extremely nervous; to mistake grass and trees as soldiers