The tree wants to rest, but the wind doesn't stop

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