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食言而肥【shí yán ér féi】

lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
fig. not to live up to one's promises

食言而肥【shí yán ér féi】

lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
fig. not to live up to one's promises

食

HSK 21

含义eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184

拼音shí

言

HSK 24

含义words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149

拼音yán

而

HSK 23

含义and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126

拼音ér

肥

HSK 42

含义fat, plump, obese; fertile

拼音féi