无病呻吟
wú bìng shēn yín
Pinyin

Definition

无病呻吟
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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 CL:個|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 CL:場|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 CL:個|个[gè]
病毒
bìng dú
  1. 1 virus
神经病
shén jīng bìng
  1. 1 mental disorder
  2. 2 neuropathy
  3. 3 (derog.) mental case
低吟
dī yín
  1. 1 to chant softly
  2. 2 to murmur
传染病
chuán rǎn bìng
  1. 1 infectious disease
  2. 2 contagious disease
  3. 3 pestilence
冠心病
guān xīn bìng
  1. 1 coronary heart disease
吟唱
yín chàng
  1. 1 to chant
  2. 2 to recite
吟诗
yín shī
  1. 1 to recite poetry
呻吟
shēn yín
  1. 1 to moan
  2. 2 to groan
坏血病
huài xuè bìng
  1. 1 scurvy
大病
dà bìng
  1. 1 serious illness
小病
xiǎo bìng
  1. 1 minor illness
  2. 2 indisposition
带病
dài bìng
  1. 1 to carry a disease
  2. 2 carrier
  3. 3 vector
得病
dé bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill
  2. 2 to contract a disease
心病
xīn bìng
  1. 1 anxiety
  2. 2 sore point
  3. 3 secret worry
  4. 4 mental disorder
  5. 5 heart disease (medicine)
心脏病
xīn zàng bìng
  1. 1 heart disease

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)
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
  2. 2 the situation is hopeless
病国殃民
bìng guó yāng mín
  1. 1 to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病从口入
bìng cóng kǒu rù
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat!
  2. 2 fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
病从口入，祸从口出
bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
病急乱投医
bìng jí luàn tóu yī
  1. 1 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
病民害国
bìng mín hài guó
  1. 1 to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
病民蛊国
bìng mín gǔ guó
  1. 1 to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
旧病复发
jiù bìng fù fā
  1. 1 old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
  2. 2 fig. to repeat an old error
  3. 3 the same old problem
药到病除
yào dào bìng chú
  1. 1 lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
  3. 3 (of a solution or method) highly effective
贫病交加
pín bìng jiāo jiā
  1. 1 poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
贫病交迫
pín bìng jiāo pò
  1. 1 beset by poverty and illness (idiom)
身心交病
shēn xīn jiāo bìng
  1. 1 worn out in body and soul (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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