无病呻吟 — Chinese idiom
无病呻吟
wú bìng shēn yín
Traditional: 無病呻吟
Meaning
- to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality
Character by character
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
- 呻shēnto moan, to groan; to chant
- 吟yínto sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 一望无垠 yī wàng wú yín
- 一望无际 yī wàng wú jì
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 一无所知 yī wú suǒ zhī
- 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
- 一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú
- 不学无术 bù xué wú shù
- 了无生趣 liǎo wú shēng qù
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