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to fabricate excuses (idiom) · to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)

巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
q+iǎo·3rd tonel+ì·4th tonem+íng·2nd tonem+ù·4th tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎby fair means or foul · by hook or by crook · unscrupulously不择手段bù zé shǒu duàn
Antonyms
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) · fig. to be practical and realistic实事求是shí shì qiú shì