说话算话 shuō huà suàn huà

to do as promised; to be as good as one's word

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to do as promised
  2. 2. to be as good as one's word
  3. 3. to honor one's word
  4. 4. to mean what one says

Characters

Character Meaning
说 shuō HSK 1
to say; to speak; to explain
话 huà HSK 1
speech; talk; conversation
算 suàn HSK 3
to regard as; to calculate; to figure
话 huà HSK 1
speech; talk; conversation