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
Truncated for common words
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 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
- 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 卷四十一 列傳第二十九: 楊播 楊敷 Volume 41 Biographies 29: Yangbo, Yang Fu History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 晉語八 Discourses of Jin VIII Guoyu 國語 — 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
- 卷二百〇八 列傳第九十五: 外夷一 高麗 耽羅 日本 Volume 208 Biographies 95: Foreign Peoples 1 - Goryeo, Tamna, Japan History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 卷一百二十九 列傳第十六: 來阿八赤 紐璘 阿剌罕 阿塔海 唆都 李恒 Volume 129 Biographies 16: Lai'abachi, Niulin, Alahan, Atahai, Suodou, Li Heng History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 卷十九下 本紀第十九下: 僖宗 Volume 19 Annals 19: Xizong 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