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食言

shí yán

Definitions

1. to break one's promise

Words Containing 食言

• 食言而肥 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi: lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)

Child Words of 食言

• 言 言 yán: words
• 食 食 shí: to eat
• 食 食 sì: to feed (a person or animal)