Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「人非草木」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「人非草木」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means that people have thoughts and feelings, and are easily moved by external things, unlike trees and stones which are lifeless, unconscious and emotionless. Same as “Man is not made of wood or stone.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
rén fēi cǎo mù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan4 fei1 chou2 muk6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
