man is a sentimental creature
People are not wood and stone, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R é NF ē im ù sh í, meaning that people are not wood and stone without thoughts and feelings, but have thoughts and feelings. From the book of Ren Shaoqing.
The origin of Idioms
In the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's "letter to Ren Shaoqing", it is said that "who can sue the emperor when he is not a man of wood and stone, but only in company with the legal officials and in deep prison?"
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: hard hearted
People are not plants
Idiom usage
It is often used with "who can be merciless"
Examples
He couldn't believe how the Japanese treated the captured people. Who can be merciless? He was finally moved to tears and asked to stay
Idiom story
In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian, a famous historian, was forced to surrender because of the failure of Han Dynasty general Li Ling's attack on Xiongnu. He expressed his love for Li Ling, was punished in the palace, and was put in prison. Facing this great humiliation, he had to write to his friend Ren an to tell his misfortune: "he is not a man of wood and stone, he is alone with a legal official, and he is in a deep prison. Who can tell?"
Chinese PinYin : rén fēi mù shí
man is a sentimental creature
Five applications and three orders. wǔ shēn sān lìng
provide each other with assistance. gòng wéi chún chǐ