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虚构

xū gòu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 虛構

虚构 (xū gòu) means "to make up; fabrication; fictional". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 虚构 means

1. to make up
2. fabrication
3. fictional
4. imaginary

The characters in 虚构

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 构gòuto construct; to form; to make up

Example sentences

• 我爱虚构的语言。
  Wǒ ài xūgòu de yǔyán.
  I love fictional languages.
• 我喜欢虚构语言。
  I like conlangs.
• 我不认为圣诞老人是虚构的。
  I don't believe Santa Claus is imaginary.
• 故事里发生的事都是虚构出来的。
  Gùshi lǐ fāshēng de shì dōu shì xūgòu chūlái de.
  All the events described in this story are imaginary.
• 有的科学家认为温室效应是虚构的。
  Yǒude kēxuéjiā rènwéi wēnshìxiàoyìng shì xūgòu de.
  Some scientists believe that the greenhouse effect is imaginary.
• 我的神与我的信仰是唯一的真理，其余都是虚构。
  Wǒ de shén yǔ wǒ de xìnyǎng shì wéiyī de zhēnlǐ, qíyú dōu shì xūgòu.
  My God and my faith are the only true ones, and the others are just fiction.

Words starting with 虚构

• 虚构小说xū gòu xiǎo shuōfiction

Words containing 虚构

• 向壁虚构xiàng bì xū gòufacing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

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