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 3 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 1
- Scroll 12 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 1
- Scroll 6 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1
- Scroll 23 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , 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 99 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 1
- Scroll 30 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論 — count: 1
- Scroll 5 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 1
- Scroll 3 Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經 — count: 1 , has English translation , has parallel version