凭空捏造 — Chinese idiom
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
Traditional: 憑空捏造
Meaning
- fabrication relying on nothing ; frame-up
Character by character
- 凭píngto lean on; to rely on
- 空kōnghollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 捏niēto knead, to mold, to pinch
- 造zàoto build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
Idioms sharing a character
- 口说无凭 kǒu shuō wú píng
- 凭轼结辙 píng shì jié zhé
- 真凭实据 zhēn píng shí jù
- 空口无凭 kōng kǒu wú píng
- 一扫而空 yī sǎo ér kōng
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 人去楼空 rén qù lóu kōng
- 人财两空 rén cái liǎng kōng
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 劈空扳害 pī kōng bān hài
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