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出爾反爾

简出尔反尔 · 繁出爾反爾

Cantonese · source Jyutpingceot1 ji5 faan2 ji5

(idiom) To reverse someone's course or opinion

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

ceot11 · high levelchecked · -tji55 · low risingfaan22 · high risingji55 · low rising

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Same syllable, six tones

ceot出ceot1classifier for dramas, plays, operas etcceot2—ceot3—ceot4—ceot5—ceot6—

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

faan翻faan1to turn over 反faan2contrary 泛faan3to float 繁faan4complicatedfaan5—饭faan6food

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

出爾反尔

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr CC-CEDICT · Mandarinold: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word; to blow hot and cold; to contradict oneself; inconsistent

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: chu1 er3 fan3 er3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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