杜撰
dù zhuàn
Pinyin

Definition

杜撰
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dù zhuàn
  1. to fabricate
  2. to make sth up
  3. invented

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

撰文
zhuàn wén
  1. 1 to write an article
杜
Dù
  1. 1 surname Du
杜仲
dù zhòng
  1. 1 eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
杜甫
Dù Fǔ
  1. 1 Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
杜绝
dù jué
  1. 1 to put an end to
杜蕾斯
Dù lěi sī
  1. 1 Durex, a condom brand name
杜鹃
dù juān
  1. 1 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)
  2. 2 Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花)
撰写
zhuàn xiě
  1. 1 to write
  2. 2 to compose
撰稿
zhuàn gǎo
  1. 1 to write (an article for publication)
撰稿人
zhuàn gǎo rén
  1. 1 author (of a manuscript)
杜嘉班纳
Dù jiā bān nà
  1. 1 Dolce & Gabbana (fashion)
杜塞
dù sè
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to block
杜塞尔多夫
Dù sāi ěr duō fū
  1. 1 Düsseldorf (Germany)
杜康
Dù Kāng
  1. 1 Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine
杜撰
dù zhuàn
  1. 1 to fabricate
  2. 2 to make sth up
  3. 3 invented
杜月笙
Dù Yuè shēng
  1. 1 Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
杜比
Dù bǐ
  1. 1 Dolby (audio technology)
杜牧
Dù Mù
  1. 1 Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
杜琪峰
Dù Qí fēng
  1. 1 Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director
杜邦
Dù bāng
  1. 1 DuPont (company)

Idioms (1)

防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)

Sample Sentences

原来是这样，虽然这篇文章被证明是杜撰的，不过我倒觉得这确实也是一个普遍的社会问题。
yuánlái shì zhèyàng ，suīrán zhè piān wénzhāng bèi zhèngmíng shì dùzhuàn de ，bùguò wǒ dào juéde zhè quèshí yě shì yī gè pǔbiàn de shèhuì wèntí 。
So that's what it was. Although this article was proven to be fabricated, I think that it's actually quite a common social problem.
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所以，这篇杜撰的报道中，不能适应农村生活的上海姑娘，和这位并不了解城市人的江西小伙，早一点分手或许反而是一件好事。
suǒyǐ ，zhè piān dùzhuàn de bàodào zhōng ，bùnéng shìyìng nóngcūn shēnghuó de Shànghǎi gūniang ，hé zhè wèi bìngbù liǎojiě chéngshìrén de Jiāngxī xiǎohuǒ ，zǎo yīdiǎn fēnshǒu huòxǔ fǎnér shì yī jiàn hǎoshì 。
So, in this fabricated report, that this Shanghai girl who couldn't adjust to rural life and this Jiangxi guy who doesn't understand urbanites split up this soon is probably best.
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