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谎言

huǎng yán

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

谎言 (huǎng yán) means "lie". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 谎言 means

1. lie

The characters in 谎言

• 谎huǎnglies; to lie
• 言yánwords; speech; to say

Example sentences

• 这是谎言！
  That's a lie!
• 这是一个谎言。
  That's a lie!
• 你的谎言像报纸一样！
  Your lies are just like newspapers!
• 真相可能比谎言更令人痛苦。
  Zhēnxiàng kěnéng bǐ huǎngyán gèng lìngrén tòngkǔ.
  The truth can be more painful than a lie.
• 当他的上司察觉他的谎言，麻烦来了。
  Dāng tā de shàngsi chájué tā de huǎngyán, máfan lái le.
  The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth.
• 诚然，真实是美丽的。但谎言也同样。
  Chéngrán, zhēnshí shì měilì de. Dàn huǎngyán yě tóngyàng.
  Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Words containing 谎言

• 满口谎言mǎn kǒu huǎng yánto pour out lies
• 善意的谎言shàn yì de huǎng yánwhite lie
• 一派谎言yī pài huǎng yána pack of lies

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