诺言 (諾言)
nuò yán
Pinyin
Definition
诺言 (諾言)
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- promise
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一言一动
- 1 (one's) every word and deed (idiom)
一言一行
- 1 every word and action (idiom)
一言不发
- 1 to not say a word (idiom)
一言九鼎
- 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
一言以蔽之
- 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
- 2 in a nutshell
Sample Sentences
谁也擦不掉我们许下的诺言。
No one can erase the promises we’ve made
公主答应了青蛙。但是她心里却想:“哼,你这只丑陋的青蛙吹什么牛啊!”可是没想到,青蛙真的找到了小金球。这下公主着急了。她不想履行自己的诺言,于是飞快地跑回王宫。
The princess promised she would, but in her heart she thought, “Hah! You ugly frog. You're only boasting!” She never thought that the frog really would find the small golden ball. After he did, she became nervous. She didn't want to keep the promise she had made and she ran back to the castle as fast as she could.