无病呻吟

無病呻吟
wúbìng-shēnyín
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to moan without being ill
  2. 2 to complain for no good reason
  3. 3 (of writing) sentimental without real feeling

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā shēnghuó guò de tǐng hǎo, què tiāntiān bàoyuan, zhēnshì wúbìng-shēnyín.
His life is pretty good, yet he complains every day. He's moaning about nothing.
HSK 7-9
Zhè shǒu shī duīqì le hěnduō shānggǎn de cíyǔ, dú qǐlai yǒudiǎn wúbìng-shēnyín.
This poem piles up sad words and reads as rather affected.

Tips

history
From a ci poem by 辛弃疾: 更欢须叹息,无病也呻吟 "the greater the joy, the more one must sigh; with no illness, one still moans". Today it is mostly aimed at writing full of false feeling.

Stroke Order

无 wú
病 bìng
呻 shēn
吟 yín