言而有信
yán'ér​yǒu​xìn

to be as good as one's word

  • created sense approved 言而有信 · yán'ér​yǒu​xìn · to be as good as one's word — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言而有信

    yán'ér​yǒu​xìn

    to be as good as one's word

    to speak with honesty and keep one's promises; to be trustworthy in what one says

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 信 (literal) → 信 · xìn · trustworthiness

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

    created sense