说话不当话 shuō huà bù dàng huà

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

说 shuō
HSK 1
speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
话 huà
HSK 1
speech, talk, language; dialect
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
当 dàng
HSK 3
bear, accept, undertake; just
话 huà
HSK 1
speech, talk, language; dialect