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break one's promise; fail to keep one's word for one's selfish ends

shí yán ér féi

食 言 而 肥

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derogbreak one's promise; fail to keep one's word for one's selfish ends
synonym
yán ér wú xìn言而无信 kōng tóu zhī piào空头支票 zì shí qí yán自食其言 yán ér bù xìn言而不信
antonym
yī nuò qiān jīn一诺千金 yán ér yǒu xìn言而有信

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