| 无病呻吟 |
wú bìng - shēn yín |
(idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality |
| 无 |
mó |
used in 南无 |
| 无 |
wú |
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less |
| 病 |
bìng |
illness / CL:场 / disease / to fall ill / defect |
| 呻 |
shēn |
(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone / (bound form) groan |
| 呻吟 |
shēn yín |
to moan; to groan |
| 吟 |
yín |
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. 猱, wide vibrato) |
| 吟 |
yín |
old variant of 吟 |