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虛heoi1報bou3

simp虚报
heoi1 bou3xū bào

English

  1. to misreport
  2. to make a fraudulent report; to misrepresent information e.g. background and benefits
  3. fraudulent report

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 以虛假資料申報

Examples

  • 虛報收益

    to make a fraudulent report on a company's revenues

  • 虛報學歷

    to misrepresent academic qualifications

  • 嗰個香港小姐候選人虛報年齡,所以被取消資格。

    That Miss Hong Kong candidate made a fraudulent report on her age and thus was disqualified.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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