编造 biānzào to compile
to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
怎么记住“编造”: 编 to knit + 造 to build = to compile.
汉字
用法
- To fabricate/make up (a false story) - 编造谎言 (biānzào huǎngyán) to concoct lies; 编造借口 (biānzào jièkǒu) to invent an excuse.
- Negative: unlike neutral 编 (biān, to compose) or creative 创作 (chuàngzuò), 编造 means inventing something untrue to deceive.
- Common in accusations of lying or falsifying.
例句
- 他编造了一个借口。 Tā biānzào le yígè jièkǒu.He thought up an excuse.