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- to chant; to recite
- verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)
- (literary) to lament; to groan
- (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects
- (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
Trad. 吟誦
- to read aloud
- to recite rhythmically
- to chant
- to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
Trad. 吟風弄月
- lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
Trad. 無病呻吟
- (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality