The scandal has spread far and wide
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ǒ ush ē ngyu ǎ Nb ō, meaning that bad reputation spread far away. It comes from the true biography of Lu Ling's filial piety to Wang Yi in the book of Song Dynasty.
Source of "Song Shu · Lu Ling Xiao Xian Wang Yi Zhen Zhuan": "Xianyang's cool, ugly."
The scandal has spread far and wide