话经三张嘴,长虫也长腿話經三張嘴,長蟲也長腿話經三張嘴,長蟲也長腿

a story passing through three mouths, even a snake grows legs

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: A story changes and becomes absurd as it is passed from person to person. Said to warn against hearsay. Similar to the idea of a story growing in the telling.

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Simplified: 话经三张嘴,长虫也长腿
Traditional (Taiwan): 話經三張嘴,長蟲也長腿
Pinyin: huà jīng sānzhāng zuǐ,chángchong yě zhǎng tuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄥㄙㄢㄓㄤㄗㄨㄟˇ,ㄔㄤˊ ˙ㄔㄨㄥㄧㄝˇ ㄓㄤˇ ㄊㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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