食言 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 食言

食言

Definition lit. to eat one's words / to break a promise / to go back on one's word / to renege / unsworn testimony

Usage

Antonym 守信

中文释义言已出而又吞没之。谓言而无信。

Characters 食 shí/sì 言 yán

COMMON WORDS WITH 食言
	食言而肥 shí yán ér féi lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises

	自食其言 zì shí qí yán go back on one's word / eat one's words / break one's word

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