以讹传讹

以讹传讹 [yǐ é chuán é]

1. ■ circulate erroneous reports; A false report, once released, will remain so in its circulation.; be wrongly informed; incorrectly relay an erroneous message; pass on errors [stories; rumours]; pass on wrong reports; propagate an error; snowball rumours; spread an error; spread false news [information]; transmit errors:

让我这个目击者来告诉他们所发生的事情， 也免得以讹传讹。 Let me, as a witness, tell them what happened so that they will not be wrongly informed.