言而有信 yán ér yǒu xìn
yán ér yǒu xìn
set phrase
to speak sincerely
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: idiom from Book 1 學而 Xue Er of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (retranslated from Legge 1861, vol. 1, Confucian Analects, p. 5; CC-CEDICT '言而有信'; Guoyu '言而有信')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《學而第一》 Commentary on Xue Er I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
- 1. 《學而》 Xue Er The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 1
- 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
Collocations
- 交言而有信 (交言而有信) 與朋友交言而有信 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 2