君子一言，駟馬難追 jūn zǐ yī yán ， sì mǎ nán zhuī

a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)

Characters

Character Meaning
君 jūn HSK 6
lord; ruler; monarch
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
駟 sì
team of 4 horses
馬 mǎ
horse; surname Ma
難 nán
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
追 zhuī HSK 5
to chase after; to seek