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
a clear breeze and bright principles -- as of one 's deportment - qīng fēng liàng jié