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食言 sik6 jin4 {shí yán}

  1. lit. to eat one's words
  2. to break a promise
  3. to go back on one's word
  4. to renege
  5. unsworn testimony

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食言而肥 sik6 jin4 ji4 fei4 {shí yán ér féi}

  1. lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
  2. fig. not to live up to one's promises

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