真话好说，假话难编真話好說，假話難編真話好説，假話難編

truth is easy to tell, lies are hard to make up

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: If you tell the truth, you only report things as they are, while a lie has gaps and is hard to keep consistent.

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Simplified: 真话好说，假话难编
Traditional (Taiwan): 真話好說，假話難編
Traditional (Hong Kong): 真話好説，假話難編
Pinyin: zhēnhuà hǎo shuō, jiǎhuà nán biān
Bopomofo: ㄓㄣㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ，ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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