食言 shíyán
shíyán
noun
to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '食言')
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- Scroll 50 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 2 , has English translation
- Scroll 25 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 1
- Scroll 20 Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶 — count: 1
- Scroll 10 Abhidharmanyāyānusāraśāstra (Apidamo Shun Zheng Lilun) 阿毘達磨順正理論 — count: 1
- Scroll 12 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 1
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 1
- Scroll 10 Discourse on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論頌疏論本 — count: 1
- Scroll 48 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 1
- Scroll 3 Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經 — count: 1 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 6 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 1