Definition

1. Verb:
   • To invent, to fabricate, to concoct: The primary meaning of "đặt bày" is to create or make up a story, information, or situation that is not true, often with the intent to deceive or mislead.
   • To falsely accuse, to frame: It can also mean to fabricate evidence or a scenario in order to blame someone unjustly.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nó chỉ đang đặt bày chuyện để gây sự chú ý. (He's just fabricating stories to get attention.)
  • Họ đặt bày ra bằng chứng giả để hại ông ấy. (They fabricated false evidence to harm him.)
  • Đừng tin câu chuyện đó; nó hoàn toàn được đặt bày. (Don't believe that story; it's completely concocted.)

Advanced Usage

• "đặt bày chuyện": to make up a story.

  • Đứa trẻ hay đặt bày chuyện về quái vật trong tủ quần áo. (The child often makes up stories about monsters in the closet.)

• "đặt bày tội": to fabricate a crime, to frame someone for a crime.

  • Kẻ thù của hắn tìm cách đặt bày tội cho hắn. (His enemies sought to frame him for a crime.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bịa đặt (v): to fabricate, to invent (a synonym with a very similar meaning and usage).

  • Tin tức đó hoàn toàn bị bịa đặt. (That news is completely fabricated.)

• Thêu dệt (v): to embellish, to fabricate (often a story with added details).

  • Cô ấy thêu dệt câu chuyện cho thêm phần ly kỳ. (She embellished the story to make it more thrilling.)

Synonyms

• Fabricate: to invent or create something, typically with deceitful intent.
• Concoct: to make up or invent a story, excuse, or plan.
• Invent: to create or design something that has not existed before; in this context, something false.
• Frame: to produce false evidence to make someone appear guilty.

Related Idioms

• Đặt điều nói xấu: to spread fabricated rumors to slander someone. While not using "đặt bày" directly, it shares the concept of malicious invention.
  • Hắn chuyên đặt điều nói xấu đồng nghiệp. (He specializes in spreading fabricated rumors to slander colleagues.)

1. Invent, fabricate