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Here’s the idiom 「傳聞異辭」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Rumor: originally referred to something that happened long ago, and later referred to a heard legend; different words: originally referred to different wording, and later referred to inconsistent statements. Refers to the inconsistency of legends.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chuán wén yì cí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chyun4 man4 yi6 chi4
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