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一传十,十传百

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Collocation

1
一传十,十传百,事情马上被人知道了
2
这消息一传十,十传百,很快传开了

Definition

一传十,十传百:

Literally means:

(of news or rumors) spread from one to ten, from ten to one hundred

Actually means:

spread from mouth to mouth, from group to group, each of whom in turn passes on the news to ten other persons, and as a result one hundred persons are informed. It describes how fast news spread.

一个人把消息告诉十个人,这十个人又分别把消息再告诉十个人,于是有一百个人知道了这个消息。形容消息传播得很快。

Example

Used as predicate or as a minor sentence. (作谓语、小句)
1
tīngshuō
听说
liùshí
六十
suì
de
wáng
lǎotóu
老头
yào
jiéhūn
结婚
  
,
cūn
村里
de
rén
chuán
shí
  
,
shí
chuán
bǎi
  
,
dào
不到
bàn
ge
xiǎoshí
小时
  
,
jiù
lái
le
duō
许多
rén
zhǎo
tǎo
táng
喜糖
chī
  

Upon hearing that the 60-year-old wang old man was getting married, the people of the village passed on ten, ten and a hundred, and in less than half an hour, many people came to him to please the sugar.

2
yào
zhí
辞职
de
shì
gào
告诉
hòu
以后
  
,
chuán
一传
shí
  
,
shí
chuán
bǎi
  
,
quán
gōng
公司
de
rén
shàng
马上
dōu
zhīdào
知道
le
  

I told her about the resignation, a ten, ten hundred, the whole company immediately know.

3
Yào
dào
yào
dào
àoyùnhuì
奥运会
cānjiā
参加
sài
比赛
de
xiāoxi
消息
chuán
一传
shí
  
,
shí
chuán
bǎi
  
,
hěnkuài
很快
jiù
zài
lǎojiā
老家
chuánkāi
传开
le
  

The news that he was going to the Olympic Games to participate in the Competition spread ten, ten hundred, and soon spread in his hometown.