食言 shíyán
shíyán
noun
to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '食言')
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- Scroll 50 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 48 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 1
- Scroll 6 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1
- Scroll 5 Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 21 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 1
- Scroll 10 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論 — count: 1
- Scroll 12 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Luoyang 洛陽伽藍記 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 50 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 1
- Scroll 30 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論 — count: 1