口说无凭 — Chinese idiom
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
Traditional: 口說無憑
Meaning
- you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
Character by character
- 口kǒumouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 说shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 凭píngto lean on; to rely on
Idioms sharing a character
- 三缄其口 sān jiān qí kǒu
- 交口称誉 jiāo kǒu chēng yù
- 佛口蛇心 fó kǒu shé xīn
- 俗谚口碑 sú yàn kǒu bēi
- 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
- 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
- 口干舌燥 kǒu gān shé zào
- 口口声声 kǒu kou shēng shēng
- 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi
- 口无择言 kǒu wú zé yán
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