凭空捏造

憑空捏造

píngkōngniēzào

idiom #35,710

Meanings

1 to fabricate out of thin air
2 to make up baselessly
3 to frame someone with invented charges

Characters

to pinch / mold

to make / fabricate

Examples

这些指控完全是凭空捏造的。

Zhèxiē zhǐkòng wánquán shì píngkōngniēzào de.

These accusations were completely fabricated out of thin air.

记者不应该凭空捏造事实。

Jìzhě bù yīnggāi píngkōngniēzào shìshí.

Journalists should not fabricate facts out of nothing.

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history

Recorded in Shen Defu's Ming-dynasty 《万历野获编补遗》(Supplement to Wanli Wild Gleanings), where it described corrupt forgers who invented hereditary land claims to bribe the Ministry of War.

Stroke Order

凭 píng

空 kōng

捏 niē

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