cǎo mù jiē bīngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered
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Original source entry:

草木皆兵 草木皆兵 [cao3 mu4 jie1 bing1] /lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy/to feel beleaguered/

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草木皆兵
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