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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

捏造 [niēzào]
  1. 1. fabricate; concoct; fake; trump up; cook up; invent;make up
    纯属捏造
    That's sheer fabrication.
    捏造数字
    conjure up figures
    捏造罪名
    trump up charges
    捏造事实
    invent a story; make up a story
  2. 2. invention

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

捏造 [niēzào]
  1. 1. 凭空编造
    捏造事实害人。

Examples

捏造罪名
trump up charges
纯属捏造
That's sheer fabrication.
这完全是凭空捏造
This is a sheer fabrication.
任意捏造事实
indulge in pure fabrication
你不能不讲理数,凭空捏造事实吧。
You can't speak unreasonably, and make-up facts without foundation.
小报凭空捏造最荒谬的新闻。
The tabloids make up the most ridiculous stories out of thin air.
纯系捏造
be pure fabrication
捏造

Collocations

捏造事实
to fabricate evidence
纯属捏造
a sheer fabrication
一手捏造
to make up a story
故意捏造
to intentionally fabricate
捏造的假象
fabricated

Word Decomposition


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