以讹传讹

yǐ é chuán é

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Definitions

1. to spread falsehoods
2. to increasingly distort the truth
3. to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)

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Child Words of 以讹传讹

• 以 以 yǐ: to use
• 传 传 chuán: to pass on
• 传 传 zhuàn: biography
• 讹 讹 é: error
• 讹传 讹传 é chuán: unfounded rumor