言出必行
yán​chū​bì​xíng

to suit the action to the word

  • created sense approved 言出必行 · yán​chū​bì​xíng · to suit the action to the word — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言出必行

    yán​chū​bì​xíng

    to suit the action to the word

    What is said must be done; a fixed expression used to describe someone who always keeps their promises or is highly trustworthy

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out 必 (literal) → 必 · bì · must 行 (literal) → 行 · xíng · to do

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

    created sense