食言而肥
Chinese
to go back on one's word; to break one's promise and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)fat; fertile; loose-fitting simp. and trad.
(食言而肥)食言 而 肥 Literally: “to grow fat eating one's words”.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄈㄟˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyryanelrfeir
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ feɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sik6 jin4 ji4 fei4
- Yale: sihk yìhn yìh fèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik9 jin4 ji4 fei4
- Guangdong Romanization: xig6 yin4 yi4 féi4
- IPA (key): /sɪk̚² jiːn²¹ jiː²¹ fei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-giân-jî-pûi
- Tâi-lô: si̍t-giân-jî-puî
- Phofsit Daibuun: sidgienji'puii
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² giɛn²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² pui²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚²⁴⁻²² giɛn²⁴⁻²² d͡ʑi²⁴⁻²² pui²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ giɛn¹³⁻²² d͡ʑi¹³⁻²² pui¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² giɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ d͡ʑi²⁴⁻¹¹ pui²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚⁴⁻³² giɛn²³⁻³³ ʑi²³⁻³³ pui²³/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
食言而肥
- not to live up to one's promises
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