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(idiom) untrustworthy; not true to one's word

言而无信
yán ér wú xìn
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
break one's own promise · go back on one's own words自食其言zì shí qí yánbreaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray · treachery · perfidy背信弃义bèi xìn qì yìto break a promise失信shī xìn(idiom) to say one thing and do another言行不一yán xíng bù yīlit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) · fig. not to live up to one's promises食言而肥shí yán ér féibounced check; bad check · (idiom) empty promise空头支票kōng tóu zhī piào
Antonyms
(idiom) it's a deal · that's settled then一言为定yī yán wéi dìng(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 jīnto speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word言而有信yán ér yǒu xìn