nặn chuyện
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To fabricate a story, to make up a story: The act of inventing or concocting a false or fictional narrative, often with the intent to deceive, slander, or entertain.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Đừng có nặn chuyện! (Don't make up stories!)
- Nó chỉ đang nặn chuyện để được chú ý thôi. (He/She is just fabricating a story to get attention.)
- Cô ấy bịa đặt, nặn chuyện để hại tôi. (She lied and made up stories to harm me.)
Advanced Usage
- "nặn ra chuyện": A variant emphasizing the act of "squeezing out" or inventing a story from nothing.
- Anh ta có tài nặn ra chuyện cười rất hay. (He has a talent for making up very funny jokes/stories.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bịa chuyện (verb phrase): To fabricate a story. A very close synonym.
- Tao biết mày đang bịa chuyện. (I know you are making up a story.)
- Thêu dệt (verb): To embellish, to fabricate (a story). Often implies adding elaborate, false details.
- Câu chuyện đó đã bị thêu dệt quá nhiều. (That story has been embellished/fabricated too much.)
Synonyms
- Invent a story: To create a story from imagination.
- Fabricate a tale: To construct a false narrative.
- Concoct a story: To invent or devise a story, often a false one.
Related Idioms
- "Nặn óc suy nghĩ": To rack one's brains (to think hard). This uses "nặn" (to squeeze) metaphorically but is not about fabricating stories.
- Tôi đang nặn óc để tìm giải pháp. (I am racking my brains to find a solution.)
- Make up a story
- Nặn chuyện để vu cáo ngườiTo make up a story and slander someone