Definitions

1. 1. lit. to eat one's words
2. 2. to break a promise
3. 3. to go back on one's word
4. 4. to renege
5. 5. unsworn testimony

Components

• 食 shí – to eat
• 言 yán – words

Related Words

• 食言而肥 shí yán ér féi – lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)