食言 shíyán
shíyán
noun
to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '食言')
Contained in
- 食言而肥 to grow fat eating one's words; not to live up to one's promises
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 2
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang Book of Documents 尚書 — count: 1
- 卷五十三 列傳第三: 李密 單雄信 Volume 53 Biographies 3: Li Mi, Dan Xiongxin Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷四百〇九 列傳第一百六十八 高定子 高斯得 張忠恕 唐璘 Volume 409 Biographies 168: Gao Dingzi, Gao Side, Zhang Zhongshu, Tang Lin History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷48 高允 Volume 48: Gao Yun Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷九十九 列傳第六十九 桓玄 卞範之 殷仲文 Volume 99 Biographies 69: Huan Xuan; Bian Fanzhi; Duan Zhongwen Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷一百二十三 列傳第七十三: 劉晏 第五琦 班宏 班紹 李巽 Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 惠食言 (惠食言) 背惠食言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6