言行不符
yán​xíng​bù​fú

to say one thing and do another

  • created sense approved 言行不符 · yán​xíng​bù​fú · to say one thing and do another — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言行不符

    yán​xíng​bù​fú

    to say one thing and do another

    (idiom) one's words and deeds do not match; to not practice what one preaches

    言行 (literal) → 言行 · yán​xíng · words and deeds 不符 (literal) → 不符 · bù​fú · to be inconsistent

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

    created sense