轻诺寡信
qīng​nuò​guǎ​xìn

to make promises lightly and rarely keep them

  • created sense approved 轻诺寡信/輕諾寡信 · qīng​nuò​guǎ​xìn · to make promises lightly and rarely keep them — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    轻诺寡信 / 輕諾寡信

    qīng​nuò​guǎ​xìn

    to make promises lightly and rarely keep them

    To be quick to make promises but slow to keep them; describes someone who is untrustworthy because they agree to requests without considering if they can fulfill them

    轻 (literal) → 轻/輕 · qīng · reckless 诺 (literal) → 诺/諾 · nuò · promise 寡 (literal) → 寡 · guǎ · few 信 (literal) → 信 · xìn · trustworthiness

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

    created sense