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言行不符

Mandarin · pinyin yán xíng bù fú

(idiom) to say one thing and do another

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言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
符: fú · i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm

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2–2–4–2 · yan2 xing2 bu4 fu2

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jin4 hang6 bat1 fu4

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