一传十，十传百

news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom) / an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity)

biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

ten / 10

hundred / numerous / all kinds of