食言 shí yán

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to eat one's words
  2. to break a promise
  3. to go back on one's word
  4. to renege
  5. unsworn testimony

CHARACTERS

食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
言 yán
HSK 4
words, speech; speak, say