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食言
shí​yán

to break a promise

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 食 shí
    to break
    to break or go back on (one's word), as in 食言 shí​yán
  2. 言 yán noun
    speech
    words; talk; what is said