口说无凭
kǒu​shuō​wú​píng

oral agreement is not binding

  • created sense approved 口说无凭/口說無憑 · kǒu​shuō​wú​píng · oral agreement is not binding — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    口说无凭 / 口說無憑

    kǒu​shuō​wú​píng

    oral agreement is not binding

    Words alone cannot serve as proof; an oral promise is not enough to be relied upon.

    口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 凭 (literal) → 凭/憑 · píng · [evidence]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense