The tree wants to rest, but the wind doesn't stop
It means that things can't be what people want. It is also a metaphor that class struggle does not depend on people's will. The same as "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop". "The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop, the son wants to raise, but he doesn't wait for his parents."
Idiom explanation
It means that things can't be what people want. It is also a metaphor that class struggle does not depend on people's will. The same as "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop".
Idioms and allusions
source
1: "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, the son wants to be raised but the parents don't wait," said Chen Liang of Song Dynasty
2: Selected from "Confucius family language - Volume 2, zhisi No. 8".
Discrimination of words
words whose meaning is similar
The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop
usage
As an object, clause
Chinese PinYin : shù yù xī ér fēng bù tíng
The tree wants to rest, but the wind doesn't stop
Cut one's bones to heal one's relatives. gē gǔ liáo qīn
sth. one knows well and can manage with ease. qīng chē shú dào
richly adorned or plainly dressed. nóng zhuāng dàn mò