无病呻吟 (無病呻吟)
wú bìng shēn yín
Pinyin

Definition

无病呻吟 (無病呻吟)
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wú bìng shēn yín
  1. to moan about imaginary illness
  2. fussing like a hypochondriac
  3. fig. sentimental nonsense

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

毛病
máo bìng
  1. 1 fault
  2. 2 defect
  3. 3 shortcomings
  4. 4 ailment
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
生病
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill
疾病
jí bìng
  1. 1 disease
  2. 2 sickness
  3. 3 ailment
病
bìng
  1. 1 illness
  2. 2 classifier: 场 cháng
  3. 3 disease
  4. 4 to fall ill
  5. 5 defect
病人
bìng rén
  1. 1 sick person
  2. 2 patient
  3. 3 invalid
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (19)

一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
  1. 1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
  1. 1 deranged
  2. 2 demented
  3. 3 berserk (idiom)

Sample Sentences

诶，最近看郝仁的微信朋友圈了吗？真有点儿无病呻吟的感觉，天天在那儿念葬花吟。
èi ，zuìjìn kàn Hǎo Rén de wēixìn péngyou quān le ma ？zhēn yǒudiǎnr wúbìngshēnyín de gǎnjué ，tiāntiān zài nàr niàn zànghuāyín 。
Oi, have you seen Hao Ren's WeChat Moments feed recently? He really does sound like he's grumbling over nothing, like Daiyu's poem composed after burying flowers in Dreams of Red Chamber.
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别无病呻吟了。快看看这民意调查。
bié wúbìngshēnyín le 。kuài kànkan zhè mínyìdiàochá 。
Stop moaning. Look at this survey.
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