编造 (biān zào) — to compile, to draw up (a list, document, budget); to fabricate, to make up (a lie, excuse, story)
Definition
Covers both senses: to compile/draw up a document and to fabricate a lie. For the negative sense, 虚构 is more literary (fiction, characters); 造 alone is briefer and broader (to make/build or fabricate).
verb
to compileto draw up (a list, document, budget)to fabricateto make up (a lie, excuse, story)
Examples
- 编造。Tā men biān zào le yí fèn nián dù yù suàn bào gào.They compiled an annual budget report.
- ，编造。Tā wèi le táo bì zé rèn, biān zào le yí gè huāng miù de jiè kǒu.To avoid responsibility, he made up an absurd excuse.
- 编造。Nà xiē yáo yán quán shì yǒu rén è yì biān zào chū lái de.Those rumors were all maliciously fabricated by someone.
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