To falsely claim or pretend that someone is one's intimate friend or confidant when they are not.
他常常谬托知己，夸大自己与知名学者的交情，实际上并没有那么深厚的联系。
He often falsely claims intimate friendships, exaggerating his connections with well-known scholars, when in reality their relationship is not that deep.
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Early Modern
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