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說話算話
简 说话算话 · 繁 說話算話Mandarin · pinyin shuō huà suàn huà
Meanings
- to do as promised
- to be as good as one's word
- to honor one's word
- to mean what one says
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1–4–4–4 · shuo1 hua4 suan4 hua4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
syut3 waa6 syun3 waa6
Cantonese word readings for 說話算話. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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syut3 waa6 syun3 waa6
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be as good as one's word; to be true to one's word; to keep one's word
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