草木皆兵

cǎo mù jiē bīng

Meaning

• literally every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) · figuratively to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
• to feel beleaguered

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Example sentences

• 草木皆兵。

  cǎo mù jiē bīng。

  Every bush and tree seems like an enemy soldier.

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