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fail to keep faith; eat one's words; fail to carry out one's promise; one's words are not dependable (not trustworthy)

yán ér wú xìn

言 而 无 信

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derogfail to keep faith; eat one's words; fail to carry out one's promise; one's words are not dependable (not trustworthy)
- nǐ dā ying guo yào bāng wǒ de máng nǐ zhè yán ér wú xìn de xiǎo rén
  你答应过要帮我的忙，你这言而无信的小人！
  You promised to help us, you rat!
synonym
zì shí qí yán自食其言
antonym
yán ér yǒu xìn言而有信

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