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make promises easily but seldom keep them · who promises toe lightly is seldom able to live up to his words

轻诺寡信
qīng nuò guǎ xìn
q+īng·1st tonen+uò·4th toneg+uǎ·3rd tonex+ìn·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words · cheating wheedling · dishonest rhetoric花言巧语huā yán qiǎo yǔto break a promise失信shī xìn
Antonyms
(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
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