比较随意地或没有事实依据地说to joke around

也指附会历史题材，虚构一些有趣的情节进行创作或讲述to embellish in the telling

• 戏说乾隆

  tell an embellished history of the Qianlong period

• 历史剧可以不靠戏说就能拍得很好看。

  Historical dramas can be very good without resorting to embellishing history.