Make mistakes by making mistakes
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is é y ǐ Z ī é, which means to spread the wrong things, the more they spread, the more wrong they get. It comes from the book for situ Gong and Marquis of Ningnan.
The origin of Idioms
Hou Fangyu's book for situ Gong and the Marquis of Ningnan in Qing Dynasty: "it's not as hasty as the market. It's better to make a tiger out of three people's mistakes."
Idiom usage
As an object, attribute, rumor, etc.
Chinese PinYin : é yǐ zī é
Make mistakes by making mistakes
separate and disperse quickly. xīng luò yún sàn
a small vessel is easily filled. qì xiǎo yì yíng
act without due consideration and end up in failure. jí lù wú yú
The meaning comes from the text. yuán wén shēng yì