杜撰

dùzhuàn
  1. to fabricate
  2. to make sth up
  3. invented

CEDICT

to fabricate; to forge; to make up

Wiktionary

宋代杜默为诗，多不合律，所以称事不合格者为「杜撰」。见宋．王楙《野客丛书．卷二○．杜撰》。后称无事实根据，凭空捏造、虚构为「杜撰」。

重編國語辭典

无事实根据而凭空捏造、虚构

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 杜 dù
  1. birchleaf pear (tree)
  2. to stop
  3. to prevent
  4. to restrict
=2 撰 zhuàn
  1. to compose
  2. to compile
=2 撰 zhuàn variant of 撰 zhuàn

Related entries

瞎编 xiābiān to fabricate (a story)
捏造 niēzào
  1. to make up
  2. to fabricate
躗 wèi
  1. to exaggerate
  2. to fabricate
  3. falsehood
假造 jiǎzào
  1. to forge
  2. fake
  3. to fabricate (a story)
这张钞票是假造的。

This banknote is a forgery.

This is a forged banknote.

Source: Tatoeba

炮制 páozhì
  1. to concoct
  2. to invent
  3. to fabricate
  4. to produce
  5. to process
  6. processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
人們很容易將能源和電力小組委員會的大多數成員描述為笨蛋。他們散佈石油和煤炭公司炮製的虛假信息，以最大限度地減少全球氣候變遷的重要性，被稱為科學文盲。

One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.

Source: Tatoeba

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