以讹传讹

yǐ é chuán é

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 以讹传讹

以
yǐ

to use

传
chuán

to pass on

传
zhuàn

biography

讹
é

error

讹传
é chuán

unfounded rumor