說話不當話 shuō huà bù dàng huà

to fail to keep to one's word; to break a promise

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to fail to keep to one's word
  2. 2. to break a promise

Characters

Character Meaning
說 shuō
to say; to speak; to explain
話 huà
speech; talk; conversation
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
當 dàng
to be; to act as; should
話 huà
speech; talk; conversation