fable
US
UK fable n: (moral story)
SC 寓言故事 yù yán gù shì
Do you know the fable of the fox and the grapes?
fable n: (myth, not fact)
SC 不稽之谈 bù jī zhī tán
TC 無稽之談
TC 無稽之談
SC 谎话 bù jī zhī tán，huǎng huà
SC 不真实的事 bù jī zhī tán，bù zhēn shí de shì
It turns out his account of the expedition was a fable.
fable vi: archaic (invent stories)
SC 编故事
SC 杜撰 dù zhuàn
I never fable or lie; I only tell the truth.
我从不杜撰或撒谎，我只说实话。
fable about [sth] vi + prep: archaic (lie, invent stories about)
SC 虚构 xū gòu
TC 虛構
TC 虛構
The old man frequently fabled about his past.