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Meaning of 谎

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(Trad.: 謊)
Pinyin: huǎng
English Definition: lies; to lie
Chinese Definition:
①假话:谎话。谎言。撒谎。要谎。弥天大谎。
②说假话:谎称。谎报。谎骗。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (speech) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
    • [ huāng ] wasteland, desert; uncultivated
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Example Words
谎言 huǎng yán lie
撒谎 huǎng to tell lies
说谎 shuō huǎng to lie; to tell an untruth
谎话 huǎng huà lie
谎称 huǎng chēng to claim; to pretend
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Example Sentences
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How can she tell lies?
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Her work shows that we are likely to lie several times a day, or in one out of every four conversations that lasts more than 10 minutes.
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"I don' t know where they went." I lied.
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On the bright side: people tend to tell small lies because, after all, they may eventually meet in person.
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In these videos, interviewees had been told to do their best to get the job, but half were told to tell three lies in the process.