自食其言 (zì shí qí yán) | Meaning: break one's own promise | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to break a promise失信shī xìn

(idiom) untrustworthy; not true to one's word言而无信yán ér wú xìn

bounced check; bad check · (idiom) empty promise空头支票kōng tóu zhī piào

breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray · treachery · perfidy背信弃义bèi xìn qì yì

break one's own promise · go back on one's own words