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Definition(s) for: 食言而肥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
食言而肥 shí yán ér féi - lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
- fig. not to live up to one's promises

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 61,644 - 100,882

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shí- to eat
- food
- animal feed
- eclipse
- to feed (a person or animal)
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
féi- fat
- fertile
- loose-fitting or large
- to fertilize
- to become rich by illegal means
- fertilizer
- manure

Other Words Containing 食言而肥

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
食言而肥 - - 61,644 - 100,882