以讹传讹

yǐ é chuán é

Rare

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

to use

to pass on

biography

error

unfounded rumor