Lingaku- lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
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- a promise must be kept
This idiom emphasizes the importance of keeping one's word and the irreversible nature of promises once they have been made.
He promised me he would come, but now he isn't coming; a promise must be kept.
zài在shāng yè商业Zhōng中，yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī一言既出，驷马难追，suǒ yǐ所以wǒ men我们bì xū必须jǐn shèn谨慎zuò chū做出chéng nuò承诺。
In business, a promise must be kept, so we must be careful when making commitments.
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yī yán一言jì既chū出a promise must be keptyán ér yǒu xìn言而有信to be a person of one's wordyán言zhī之záo凿záo凿to speak with certaintyxìn shǒu信守chéng nuò承诺to honor a commitmentyán言ér而bù不xìn信to be untrustworthy in speechnuò yán诺言rú如Shān山a promise is like a mountainyán zhòng言重rú如Jīn金words weigh as heavy as goldyán wài zhī yì言外之意the implication of what is saidkǒu ruò xuán hé口若悬河to speak eloquently (often without substance)yán jiǎn yì gāi言简意赅to be concise and to the pointyán tīng jì cóng言听计从to listen to advice and follow instructionsyī nuò qiān jīn一诺千金a promise worth a thousand gold coins