说话不算话
shuō​huà​bù​suàn​huà

to go back on one's word

  • created sense approved 说话不算话/說話不算話 · shuō​huà​bù​suàn​huà · to go back on one's word — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说话不算话 / 說話不算話

    shuō​huà​bù​suàn​huà

    to go back on one's word

    to fail to keep one's promise or be untrustworthy in speech

    说话 (literal) → 说话/說話 · shuō​huà · to speak 不算 (literal) → 不算 · bù​suàn · to not be valid 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech

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

    created sense