yǐ é chuán é

Traditional: 以訛傳訛

以讹传讹 (yǐ é chuán é) is a Chinese word meaning “to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 以讹传讹

以yǐ · to use讹é · error传chuán · to pass on讹é · error

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