说到做到 — Chinese idiom
说到做到
shuō dào zuò dào
Traditional: 說到做到
Meaning
- to be as good as one's word
- to keep one's promise
Character by character
- 说shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
- 到dàoto go to, to arrive
- 做zuòto work, to make; to act
- 到dàoto go to, to arrive
Idioms sharing a character
- 二话不说 èr huà bù shuō
- 但说无妨 dàn shuō wú fáng
- 光说不做 guāng shuō bù zuò
- 光说不练 guāng shuō bù liàn
- 口说无凭 kǒu shuō wú píng
- 好说歹说 hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
- 无话可说 wú huà kě shuō
- 众说纷揉 zhòng shuō fēn róu
- 众说纷纭 zhòng shuō fēn yún
- 能说会道 néng shuō huì dào
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