言出如山
yán​chū​rú​shān

to keep one's word

  • created reference approved 言出如山 → 一言九鼎 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言出如山 yán​chū​rú​shān

    一言九鼎 yī​yán​jiǔ​dǐng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 言出如山 · yán​chū​rú​shān · to keep one's word — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言出如山

    yán​chū​rú​shān

    to keep one's word

    one's words are as steady as a mountain; refers to promises that must be kept or a person whose word carries great weight and authority

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain

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

    created sense