谎言

• 拼音: huǎng yán
• 汉字拆解: 谎 = 讠+ 荒 (speech + desolate, misleading speech); 言 = speech/words (more formal than 话)

含义

A lie; a falsehood. A deliberate untruth, often with more serious or sustained implications than a single instance of lying.

More formal and weightier than 谎话. 谎言 often implies a deliberate, possibly sustained deception with significant consequences. Frequently used in political, social, and ethical discussions, as well as in literature.

例句

1. 这场政治丑闻的背后，是长达数年的系统性谎言与掩盖。
2. 历史证明，建立在谎言之上的繁荣终将崩溃，真相迟早会浮出水面。
3. 她用一个善意的谎言保护了家人，但内心深处始终承受着难以言说的愧疚。

用法指南

语境: politics, ethics, literature, journalism

语气: serious

正确说法

• 揭露谎言需要勇气，但只有这样，社会才能在公正与透明的基础上不断进步。(It takes courage to expose lies, but only by doing so can society continue to advance on the foundation of justice and transparency.)
• 那个时代的历史教科书充斥着政治谎言，严重误导了几代年轻人对本国历史的认知。(The history textbooks of that era were riddled with political lies, which seriously misled several generations of young people in their understanding of their own country's history.)

错误说法

• 谎言 for trivial everyday fibs — use 谎话 for casual interpersonal lies; 谎言 implies a more serious or consequential deception

起源与历史

谎 (false/lie) + 言 (speech/words) — false speech; a formal term for a lie or deception

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal