捏造

niēzào
  1. to make up
  2. to fabricate

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

編造、假造。《儒林外史．第二回》：「這就是周先生看見我這一集上只有荀家有幾個錢，捏造出這話來奉承他，圖他個逢時遇節，他家多送兩個盒子。」《文明小史．第三九回》：「諸城的百姓也實在刁的很，這樣的事都會平空捏造誣告得人麼？我也沒工夫去合他質證真假。」也作「捏弄」。

重編國語辭典

憑空編造

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

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

Related entries

化裝 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

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

I love fictional languages.

Source: Tatoeba

謅 zhōu
  1. to make up (a story)
  2. Taiwan pr. zōu
靚 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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