粵

無mou4病beng6呻san1吟jam4

simp无病呻吟
mou4 beng6 san1 jam4wú bìng shēn yín

English

  1. (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality
  2. to be melancholic or angry despite not having any serious matter

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 明明冇緊要事,但係又展現到自己好辛苦噉,喺度歎息或者感慨

Examples

  • 我保你大喇!你唔好又喺度無病呻吟啦。

    Please stop yelling, there's no real problem bothering you.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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