无故呻吟 — “To moan without cause; to groan without reason”

无故呻吟 (wú gù shēn yín) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to feign distress or sadness without genuine cause, often for dramatic effect or to express insincere emotions in writing or art; to make a fuss over nothing”.

无故呻吟 is pronounced wú gù shēn yín in Mandarin Chinese.

Literally, 无故呻吟 means “to moan without cause; to groan without reason”. It is used to mean “to feign distress or sadness without genuine cause, often for dramatic effect or to express insincere emotions in writing or art; to make a fuss over nothing”.

犹言无病呻吟。比喻无真情实感而故弄文墨。