"以訛傳訛" meaning in Chinese

See 以訛傳訛 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ ŋɔː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɡɤ²⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Tainan, IPA] Forms: 以讹传讹 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 以訛傳訛
  1. to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-以訛傳訛-zh-phrase-Ukf80w99 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47
  2. (games) telephone; Chinese whispers Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-以訛傳訛-zh-phrase-j6MtuE7P Categories (other): Games, Chinese chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 35 65 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 以鵝傳鴨母 [Min-Nan, Xiamen], 以鵝傳鴨母 [Min-Nan, Quanzhou], 以鵝傳鴨母 [Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], 以鵝傳鴨母 [Min-Nan, Tainan], 訛以傳訛, 讹以传讹
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "以讹传讹",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "以訛傳訛",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted)"
      ],
      "id": "en-以訛傳訛-zh-phrase-Ukf80w99",
      "links": [
        [
          "incorrectly",
          "incorrectly"
        ],
        [
          "relay",
          "relay"
        ],
        [
          "erroneous",
          "erroneous"
        ],
        [
          "message",
          "message"
        ],
        [
          "becomes",
          "becomes"
        ],
        [
          "increasingly",
          "increasingly"
        ],
        [
          "distorted",
          "distorted"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Games",
          "orig": "zh:Games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "telephone; Chinese whispers"
      ],
      "id": "en-以訛傳訛-zh-phrase-j6MtuE7P",
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        [
          "games",
          "game#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "Chinese whispers",
          "Chinese whispers"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(games) telephone; Chinese whispers"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ'échuán'é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-toân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-thoân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ'échuán'é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-échuán-é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³-o²-chʻuan²-o²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-é-chwán-é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiierchwaner"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iečuanʹe",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иэчуаньэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíh ngóh chyùhn ngòh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ tsyn⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁵ ngo⁵ qun⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ ŋɔː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-toân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-tuân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "y'goi'doan'gooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-thoân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-thuân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "y'goi'toan'gooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɡɤ²⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "訛以傳訛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "讹以传讹"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以訛傳訛"
}
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    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 以",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 傳",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 訛",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "以讹传讹",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "to incorrectly relay an erroneous message (so that it becomes increasingly distorted)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incorrectly",
          "incorrectly"
        ],
        [
          "relay",
          "relay"
        ],
        [
          "erroneous",
          "erroneous"
        ],
        [
          "message",
          "message"
        ],
        [
          "becomes",
          "becomes"
        ],
        [
          "increasingly",
          "increasingly"
        ],
        [
          "distorted",
          "distorted"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Games"
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        "telephone; Chinese whispers"
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        [
          "games",
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        [
          "telephone",
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          "Chinese whispers",
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        "(games) telephone; Chinese whispers"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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      "topics": [
        "games"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ'échuán'é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-toân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-thoân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ'échuán'é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄜˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-échuán-é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i³-o²-chʻuan²-o²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yǐ-é-chwán-é"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yiierchwaner"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iečuanʹe",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иэчуаньэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ˀɤ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ cyun⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yíh ngóh chyùhn ngòh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁵ ngo⁵ tsyn⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi⁵ ngo⁵ qun⁴ ngo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ ŋɔː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-toân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-tuân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "y'goi'doan'gooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡo²⁴⁻²² tuan²⁴⁻²² ɡo²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-thoân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "í-gô-thuân-gô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "y'goi'toan'gooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ɡɤ²⁴⁻³³ tʰuan²⁴⁻³³ ɡɤ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "以鵝傳鴨母"
    },
    {
      "word": "訛以傳訛"
    },
    {
      "word": "讹以传讹"
    }
  ],
  "word": "以訛傳訛"
}

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