Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    news pass quickly from mouth to mouth

    yī
    一
    chuán
    传
    shí
    十
    ，
    shí
    十
    chuán
    传
    bǎi
    百
    一传十，十传百
    yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • news pass quickly from mouth to mouth
    • an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    传
    chuán
    to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
    zhuàn
    biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
    十
    shí
    ten / 10
    十
    shí
    ten / 10
    传
    chuán
    to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)
    zhuàn
    biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station
    百
    bǎi
    hundred / numerous / all kinds of / surname Bai
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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