无病呻吟

to moan about imaginary illness / fussing like a hypochondriac / fig. sentimental nonsense

Characters and words in 无病呻吟

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

= + 𠂇 + : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

= + 𠂇 + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.

Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect

= + : In engine's bathroom Brunhilde is proudly inspecting her bronze medal. She got it in a contest about having the craziest sickness by painting a colorful rash on her face.
groan

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) gets his textbook (申) out of his bag in front of the encampment ((e)n1). As he opens it he finds that he accidentally smashed a mandarin (口) between the pages which made a huge mess, and groans (呻).
to moan / to groan
to chant / to recite / to moan / to groan / cry (of certain animals and insects) / song (ancient poem)

= + : Maud Younger (y) has a rip off calendar (今) with images of what to eat each day in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). Every morning she rips off one page, discovers that she is supposed to eat a mandarin (口) and groans (吟).
old variant of 吟[yin2]

= + : Maud Younger (y) has a rip off calendar (今) with images of what to eat each day in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). Every morning she rips off one page, discovers that she is supposed to eat a mandarin (口) and groans (吟).

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