好话传仨人，有头少了身；坏话传仨人，有叶又有根好話傳仨人，有頭少了身；壞話傳仨人，有葉又有根好話傳仨人，有頭少了身；壞話傳仨人，有葉又有根

good words passed through three people have a head but lose the body; bad words passed through three people have leaves as well as roots

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Praise shrinks as it is passed along, while gossip and slander grow with embellishment. Said as a warning about how rumours spread.

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Simplified: 好话传仨人，有头少了身；坏话传仨人，有叶又有根
Traditional (Taiwan): 好話傳仨人，有頭少了身；壞話傳仨人，有葉又有根
Pinyin: hǎohuà chuán sā rén, yǒu tóu shǎole shēn; huàihuà chuán sā rén, yǒu Yè yòu yǒu gēn
Bopomofo: ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄙㄚㄖㄣˊ，ㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄠˇ ˙ㄌㄜㄕㄣ；ㄏㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄙㄚㄖㄣˊ，ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄣ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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