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breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray · treachery · perfidy

背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit见利忘义jiàn lì wàng yìbreak one's own promise · go back on one's own words自食其言zì shí qí yán(idiom) untrustworthy; not true to one's word言而无信yán ér wú xìnto break a promise失信shī xìnto forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend · to kick a benefactor in the teeth忘恩负义wàng ēn fù yìdissension and discord · disunity离心离德lí xīn lí dé
Antonyms
strictly abide by (or stick to) · submissively obey恪守不渝kè shǒu bù yú(lit.) a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom) · (fig.) a promise that can be counted on一诺千金yī nuò qiān jīn