以讹传讹 yǐ é chuán é

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

以 yǐ
HSK 2
by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
讹 é swindle, cheat; erroneous, wrong
传 chuán
HSK 4
summon; propagate, transmit
讹 é swindle, cheat; erroneous, wrong