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to spread falsehoods · to increasingly distort the truth · to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)

以讹传讹
yǐ é chuán é
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact三人成虎sān rén chéng hǔto pass on errors or lies (idiom); the propagation of misconceptions谬种流传miù zhǒng liú chuánrumor谣传yáo chuán
Antonyms
traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)一脉相承yī mài xiāng chéng
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