Repeated rumors or false statements, even if unfounded, can eventually be accepted as facts by many people.
起初只是个误会，但经过三夫成市虎的传播，许多人真的以为他们之间有什么矛盾。
At first it was just a misunderstanding, but through the spread of repeated rumors (like three men making a tiger in the market), many people genuinely believed there was a conflict between them.
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