木头人

木頭人

mùtóurén

noun #27,980

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他对别人的感情毫无反应，真是个木头人。

Tā duì biérén de gǎnqíng háowú fǎnyìng, zhēnshì gè mùtóurén.

He is completely unresponsive to others' feelings - he's a real blockhead.

HSK 7-9

她站在那里一动不动，像个木头人一样。

Tā zhàn zài nàlǐ yídòngbúdòng, xiàng gè mùtóurén yíyàng.

She stood there without moving at all, like a wooden statue.

memory

木头 = wood/wooden + 人 = person → a 'wooden person', i.e. someone as stiff and unfeeling as a block of wood.

木 mù

头 tóu

人 rén