See Chinese whispers on Wiktionary
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"Any situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes."
],
"links": [
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"change",
"change"
],
[
"misunderstood",
"misunderstood"
],
[
"as a result of",
"as a result of"
],
[
"pass",
"pass"
],
[
"successive",
"successive"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"process",
"process"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, by extension) Any situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "game",
"word": "telefoontjie"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hātif ʕarabiyy",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "هَاتِف عَرَبِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "hātif lāsilkiyy",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "هَاتِف لَاسِلْكِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻčʻacʻac heṙaxos",
"sense": "game",
"word": "փչացած հեռախոս"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razvalen telefon",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "развален телефон"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telèfon"
},
{
"code": "gmw-cfr",
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stėlle Poßß"
},
{
"code": "gmw-cfr",
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stille Poß"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "game",
"word": "以訛傳訛"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴",
"sense": "game",
"word": "以讹传讹"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "game",
"word": "傳話遊戲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuánhuà yóuxì",
"sense": "game",
"word": "传话游戏"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tichá pošta"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "doorfluistertje"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "game",
"word": "rikkinäinen puhelin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "game",
"word": "juoruämmä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphone arabe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "téléphone sans fil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stille Post"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flüsterpost"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chalasméno tiléfono",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "χαλασμένο τηλέφωνο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "טֶלֶפוֹן שָׁבוּר m (télefon shavúr, literally “broken telephone”)",
"sense": "game"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "game",
"word": "kínai suttogás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefono senza fili"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telegrafo senza fili"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "伝言ゲーム (でんごんゲーム, dengon gēmu, literally “message game”)",
"sense": "game"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "omgyeo malhagi",
"sense": "game",
"word": "옮겨 말하기"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "rasipan telefon",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "расипан телефон"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "game",
"word": "hviskelek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "głuchy telefon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefone sem fio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "telefonul fără fir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispórčennyj telefón",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "испо́рченный телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slómannyj telefón",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́манный телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gluxój telefón",
"sense": "game",
"word": "глухо́й телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "глухи телефони"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "глуви телефони"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "gluhi telefoni"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "gluvi telefoni"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tichá pošta"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "telefón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono descompuesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono estropeado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"Chile",
"masculine"
],
"word": "teléfono"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "viskleken"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "watıq telefon",
"sense": "game",
"word": "ватык телефон"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "game",
"word": "kulaktan kulağa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zipsóvanyj telefón",
"sense": "game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зіпсо́ваний телефо́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "game",
"word": "tam sao thất bản"
}
],
"word": "Chinese whispers"
}
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