无病呻吟 — “To complain or grieve without any real cause”
无病呻吟 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to complain or grieve without any real cause”. To make a fuss over nothing; to produce affected or sentimental works without genuine feeling. Literally, “groan without illness”.
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无病呻吟 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 无wú
- 病bìng
- 呻shēn
- 吟yín
无病呻吟 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 无病呻吟
这部小说描写的情感过于矫揉造作，完全是无病呻吟，缺乏真情实感。
The emotions depicted in this novel are overly affected and entirely a case of 'groaning without illness,' lacking genuine feeling.
Idioms Related to 无病呻吟
More idioms starting with 无
- wú无yī一bù不bèi备everything is provided
- wú无yī一bù不zhī知know everything
- wú无yī一kě可not a single redeeming quality
- wú无wàn万dà大qiān千innumerable, countless
- wú无xià下zhù箸chǔ处overwhelmed by an abundance of food
- wú无yǔ与wéi为bǐ比unparalleled, without equal
- wú无yǔ与lún伦bǐ比incomparable and matchless
- wú无yǔ与bǐ比lún伦Unrivaled; beyond compare
- wú无yè业yóu游mín民unemployed wandering vagrant
- wú无sī丝yǒu有xiàn线under a cloud of suspicion
- wú无zhōng中shēng生yǒu有fabricate something out of nothing
- wú无wéi为zhī之zhì治governance by non-interference
Questions about 无病呻吟
- What does 无病呻吟 mean?
- 无病呻吟 (wú bìng shēn yín) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to complain or grieve without any real cause”.
- How do you pronounce 无病呻吟?
- 无病呻吟 is pronounced wú bìng shēn yín in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 无病呻吟 literally mean?
- Literally, 无病呻吟 means “groan without illness”. It is used to mean “to complain or grieve without any real cause”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 无病呻吟?
- 呻吟：病痛时的低哼。没病瞎哼哼。比喻没有值得忧伤的事情而叹息感慨。也比喻文艺作品没有真实感情，装腔作势。