捏造

niēzào
  1. to make up
  2. to fabricate

CEDICT

to fabricate; to concoct; to make up a false set of facts

Wiktionary

编造、假造。《儒林外史．第二回》：「这就是周先生看见我这一集上只有荀家有几个钱，捏造出这话来奉承他，图他个逢时遇节，他家多送两个盒子。」《文明小史．第三九回》：「诸城的百姓也实在刁的很，这样的事都会平空捏造诬告得人麽？我也没工夫去合他质证真假。」也作「捏弄」。

重編國語辭典

凭空编造

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 捏 niē
  1. to hold between the thumb and fingers
  2. to pinch
  3. to mold (using the fingers)
  4. to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
  5. to join together
  6. to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
=1 捏 niē variant of 捏 niē
2 造 zào
  1. to make
  2. to build
  3. to manufacture
  4. to invent
  5. to fabricate
  6. to go to
  7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
  8. crop
  9. classifier for crops

Containing this entry

凭空捏造 píngkōngniēzào fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

Related entries

化装 huàzhuāng
  1. (of actors) to make up
  2. to disguise oneself
他把自己化裝成一個女人。

He disguised himself as a woman.

Source: Tatoeba

成组 chéngzǔ to make up (out of components)
虚构 xūgòu
  1. to make up
  2. fabrication
  3. fictional
  4. imaginary
我爱虚构的语言。

I love fictional languages.

Source: Tatoeba

诌 zhōu
  1. to make up (a story)
  2. Taiwan pr. zōu
靓 jìng
  1. to make up (one's face)
  2. to dress
  3. (of one's dress) beautiful
Tom有台靓车。

Tom has a beautiful car.

Source: Tatoeba

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