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谎 (謊)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

谎 [huǎng]
  1. 1. noun lie

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

谎 [huǎng]
  1. 1. noun lie; falsehood
    撒谎
    tell a lie; lie

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

谎 [huǎng]
  1. 1. 名 谎话
    我从没说过谎
    扯谎
    圆谎
    弥天大谎。
  2. 2. 形 假;不真实
    谎价
    谎报
    谎称。
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Examples

我对他扯了个谎，他真信了。
I told him a fib, and he swallowed it whole. → 扯谎
他对我撒了谎还不识羞。
He feels no shame for having lied to me. → 识羞
别自作聪明以为自己撒了个很圆的谎，你话里面漏洞多着呢！ → 圆
我从没说过谎 → 谎
You lied to me too many times, I don't believe you anymore.
你跟我撒了这么多次谎，我都无法再相信你了。

Character Decomposition

讠
[yán]		 + 荒
[huāng]

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