无病呻吟

Traditional form:

無病呻吟

Pinyin (reading):

wúbìngshēnyín

Definitions:

• (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality

Characters:

• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 呻 - to moan, to groan; to chant
• 吟 - to sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry

Traditional characters:

• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 呻 - to moan, to groan; to chant
• 吟 - to sing, to hum; to recite; a type of poetry