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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 以讹传讹
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 以讹传讹 | yǐ é chuán é | - to spread falsehoods - to increasingly distort the truth - to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 56,023 | 57,581 | 41,204 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 以 | yǐ | - abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 以 | yǐ | - to use - by means of - according to - in order to - because of - at (a certain date or place) |
| 以 | yǐ | - old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 以 | yǐ | - old variant of 以[yi3] |
| 讹 | é | - error - false - to extort |
| 讹 | é | - variant of 訛|讹[e2] |
| 传 | chuán | - to pass on - to spread - to transmit - to infect - to transfer - to circulate - to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 | zhuàn | - biography - historical narrative - commentaries - relay station |
| 讹 | é | - error - false - to extort |
| 讹 | é | - variant of 訛|讹[e2] |
Other Words Containing 以讹传讹
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 以讹传讹 | - | - | 56,023 | 57,581 | 41,204 |