以讹传讹

Traditional: 以訛傳訛

yǐ é chuán é

Dictionary entry

to spread falsehoods

What does 以讹传讹 mean?

以讹传讹 (yǐ é chuán é) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to spread falsehoods

2to increasingly distort the truth

3to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)

Character breakdown

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以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]讹éerror · false 传chuánto pass on · to spread

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以讹传讹

yǐ é chuán é

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