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Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「言信行果」 and how it’s used.

This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「言信行果」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

If you say something, you must keep your word, and if you do something, you must complete it. Same as “Keep your word and act accordingly.”

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yán xìn háng guǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yin4 seun3 haang4/hong4/hang4 go2

Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.