bịa đặt
Definition
- Verb:
- To fabricate: To invent or create a false story, information, or detail with the intent to deceive.
- To make up: To concoct something that is not true, often a lie or a fictitious account.
- To trump up: To invent a false accusation or charge, typically with malicious intent.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Hắn thường bịa đặt những câu chuyện về quá khứ của mình. (He often fabricates stories about his past.)
- Đó hoàn toàn là tin tức bịa đặt. (That is completely fabricated news.)
- Cảnh sát cáo buộc họ bịa đặt bằng chứng. (The police accused them of trumping up evidence.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe the deliberate creation of false narratives in media, gossip, or legal contexts.
- Chiến dịch bôi nhọ đó dựa trên những cáo buộc bịa đặt. (That smear campaign was based on trumped-up allegations.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bịa (v): A more colloquial or shorter form meaning to invent or make up (a story).
- Đừng nghe, nó toàn bịa thôi. (Don't listen; he's just making it all up.)
Synonyms
- Fabricate: To invent or create something false.
- Concoct: To devise or make up a story, often skillfully.
- Falsify: To alter information to deceive.
Related Idioms
- Bịa đặt như thật: To fabricate something so convincingly it seems real.
- Anh ta bịa đặt câu chuyện như thật khiến mọi người đều tin. (He fabricated the story so convincingly that everyone believed it.)
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To fabricate, to trump up
