Read Edit View history Discussion 食言 shíyán to break a promise Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 食言 shí//yán to break a promise To go back on one's word; to fail to keep a promise or be untrustworthy in speech. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.83 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.907 per million Cross-References Same as 失言 shīyánReferenced by 爽约 shuǎngyuēAntonym 许诺 xǔnuò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
食言 shí//yán to break a promise To go back on one's word; to fail to keep a promise or be untrustworthy in speech. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.83 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.907 per million Cross-References Same as 失言 shīyánReferenced by 爽约 shuǎngyuēAntonym 许诺 xǔnuò Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)