一传十，十传百
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom); an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
idiom
Traditional: 一傳十，十傳百
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- (idiom) news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
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Related Words
心口不一(xīn kǒu bù yī)— heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself
→手足口病(shǒu zú kǒu bìng)— hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children
→手足口症(shǒu zú kǒu zhèng)— human hand foot and mouth disease, a viral infection
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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