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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

杜撰 [dùzhuàn]
  1. 1. verb make … up
    这个故事纯属杜撰
    This story is pure fabrication.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

杜撰 [dùzhuàn]
  1. 1. fabricate; make up
    他讲的是真有其事,不是杜撰的。
    The story he told is true, not made up.
  2. 2. noun fiction

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

杜撰 [dùzhuàn]
  1. 1. 随意编造;虚构
    新闻报道不能随便杜撰

Examples

这个故事纯属杜撰
This story is pure fabrication.
A lot of what he claimed, was in fact, fiction.
他所宣称的许多内容实际上都是杜撰的。

Collocations

杜撰文章
invent a text
纯属杜撰
only an invention
凭空杜撰
to create groundless rumors
杜撰的人物
fabricated person

Word Decomposition


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