idiom > hearsay;grapevine
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Gossip
　　Explanation: Refers to the non-transmitted by the official news. Often false rumors, is not reliable.
xiǎo dào xiāo xī
　　Rumor, hearsay
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No. 3
　　Refers to non-formal means of communicating information. Rumors are untrue, not reliable. Ba Jin's "Little liar": "Needless to say, these are rumors and unreliable." Zheng Yi "fog" 6: "According to unconfirmed reports, we have to a large number of transferred out of the province of white sugar exports."
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No. 4
　　xiǎo dào xiāo xī
　　成语：小道消息
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　　【解释】指非经正式途径传播的消息。往往传闻失实，并不可靠。
　　人们习惯将非官方发布，而是道听途说的消息和传闻，称为“小道消息”。“小道消息”一词源于美国。１９世纪上半叶，美国研制成发报机，各家公司见它既经济又方便，便纷纷架设线路。由于施工质量差，有的地方的电线曲曲弯弯似葡萄藤，故电报被人们戏谑地称之为“葡萄藤电报”。但是却不能和其他电报区分开来。后人们想到这些消息也是“通过葡萄藤”来的，而“通过葡萄藤”亦可译为“小道消息”，两个词既相似，又有区别，于是便将道听途说的消息和传闻称之为“小道消息”。
　　近义词 道听途说、捕风捉影、海外奇谈 齐东野语
　　反义词 言之有据、有根有据、言之凿凿
成语词典
　　成语名称
　　小道消息
　　汉语拼音
　　xiǎo dào xiāo xī
　　成语释义
　　指非经正式途径传播的消息。往往传闻失实，并不可靠。
　　成语出处
　　无
　　使用例句
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English Expression
  1. :  hearsay;grapevine,  grapevine,  hearsay
  2. n.:  back alley news,  grapevine news,  news from unrelieable or unauthoritative source
Thesaurus
afford little or no evidence, No case can be protracted, Was insufficient, Absurd arguments, eyewash, Video fishing lookout, Overseas adventures, hearsay, gossip, Bald, Jifengbuying, ignorant twaddle, Jifengbujing, groundless talk, rumour, gossip, word
Antonym
s heart, The style is the man., From bottom of one's heart Words, bona fides truth, confidence; heart-to-heart talk; words from the bottom of one's heart, wisdom, A good medicine tastes bitter., Remedies as medicines and stone needles for acupuncture Words, what the heart thinks the tongue speaks, Introduction of a letter, Their Golden words, golden saying, Metal and stone Words, Metal and stone Good words, Stone Introduction
Containing Phrases
grapevine