(idiom) (of news etc) to spread like wildfire; to be disseminated far and wide
trad. 一傳十，十傳百
Also written 一傳十，十傳百【yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
传
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to pass on, to spread, to transmit, to infect, to transfer, to circulate, to conduct (electricity)
- Pinyin
- chuán
- Traditional
- 傳
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 4087 of 2500
十
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ten, 10
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4521 of 2500
百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500