created sense approved 无病呻吟/無病呻吟 · wúbìngshēnyín · to moan without cause — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无病呻吟 / 無病呻吟
wúbìngshēnyín
to moan without cause
(idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to complain or express sadness without a real reason.
无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 病 (literal) → 病 · bìng · illness 呻吟 (literal) → 呻吟 · shēnyín · to moan; moan
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created sense approved 无病呻吟/無病呻吟 · wúbìngshēnyín · sentimentality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
无病呻吟 / 無病呻吟
wúbìngshēnyín
sentimentality
(idiom) used to describe writing or art that is artificial, over-sentimental, and lacks genuine feeling.
无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 病 (literal) → 病 · bìng · illness 呻吟 (literal) → 呻吟 · shēnyín · to moan; moan
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition