草木皆兵

Traditional form:

草木皆兵

Pinyin (reading):

cǎomùjiēbīng

Definitions:

• lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
• to feel beleaguered

Characters:

• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 皆 - all, every, everybody
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike

Traditional characters:

• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 皆 - all, every, everybody
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike