Make up one's words(zào yán niē cí)

Make up one's words

Make up words, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z à oy á NNI à C í, meaning to make up false words. It's from the poor way.

The origin of Idioms

Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the book "on the poor way": "now that I've heard about it, I'm still not happy. I'll go up to the mountain and make up my words."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute.

Chinese PinYin : zào yán niē cí