坐言起行 zuòyánqǐxíng no sooner said than done Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 坐 zuò verb to sit to sit; to take a seat; to rest one's weight on one's buttocks言 yán verbadverb to say to speak; to talk; to state or tell起行 qǐxíng to set out to start a journey; to set off; now more commonly written as 启行 qǐxíng