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无病呻吟

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4-character word Traditional 無病呻吟

What 无病呻吟 means

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

The characters in 无病呻吟

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…