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.
Make mistakes by making mistakes
to help the weak and aid the needy - jì ruò fú qīng
be a brilliant man of wide learning - bó xué duō cái
Take advantage and throw into the well - qǔ xiá tóu jǐng
understand thoroughly the truth of all things on earth and handle affairs successfully accordingly - kāi wù chéng wù
so poor as to have no room to stick an awl on - sheng wu li zhui