讹传 (訛傳)
é chuán
Pinyin
Definition
讹传 (訛傳)
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- unfounded rumor
- to pass on a mistaken belief to others
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to upload
- 1 to pass on
- 2 to spread
- 3 to transmit
- 4 to infect
- 5 to transfer
- 6 to circulate
- 7 to conduct (electricity)
- 1 legendary
- 2 fantasy saga
- 3 romance
- 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
- 1 legend
- 2 folklore
- 3 to repeat from mouth to mouth
- 4 they say that...
Idioms (20)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
不见经传
- 1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
- 2 unfounded
- 3 not authoritative
世代相传
- 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
代代相传
- 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以讹传讹
- 1 to spread falsehoods
- 2 to increasingly distort the truth
- 3 to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)