bày đặt
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Definition
- Verb:
- To fabricate / to invent: To create or concoct something, typically a story, detail, or situation, that is not true or does not exist, often with a negative or malicious intent.
- To create unnecessarily / to contrive: To set up or introduce things, rules, or formalities that are seen as superfluous, overly complicated, or not needed.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng nghe anh ta; anh ta chỉ đang bày đặt chuyện. (Don't listen to him; he's just fabricating stories.)
- Công ty nhỏ vậy mà bày đặt ra hàng chục quy định phức tạp. (It's such a small company, yet they've contrived dozens of complicated regulations.)
- Chỉ có một nhóm người mà cũng bày đặt ra chức này chức nọ. (There is a handful of people, but all kinds of unnecessary offices have been created for them.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a strong connotation of disapproval, implying that what is being created is fake, pretentious, or a pointless complication.
- It can be used to criticize bureaucratic red tape or someone's tendency to gossip and spread falsehoods.
Variants and Related Words
- Bày vẽ (verb): A very close synonym, meaning to affect airs, to put on unnecessary frills, or to complicate things needlessly.
- Cô ấy thích bày vẽ cho căn phòng đơn giản. (She likes to add unnecessary frills to the simple room.)
Synonyms
- Fabricate: To invent or concoct something, typically with deceitful intent.
- Contrive: To create or bring about by deliberate use of skill or artifice, often unnecessarily.
- Invent (a story): To create a false story or explanation.
Related Idioms
- Bày đặt chuyện: To make up stories; to gossip or spread rumors.
- Mấy người hàng xóm chỉ thích ngồi lê đôi mách và bày đặt chuyện. (The neighbors just like to sit around, gossip, and make up stories.)
verb
- To create (unnecessary things)
- chỉ có một nhóm người mà cũng bày đặt ra chức này chức nọthere is a handful of people, but all kinds of unnecessary offices have been created for them