空口无凭
kōng​kǒu​wú​píng

verbal statement is no guarantee

  • created sense approved 空口无凭/空口無憑 · kōng​kǒu​wú​píng · verbal statement is no guarantee — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空口无凭 / 空口無憑

    kōng​kǒu​wú​píng

    verbal statement is no guarantee

    A mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof; empty words carry no weight.

    空口 (literal) → 空口 · kōng​kǒu · empty talk 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