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一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
What 一言为重 means
- each word carries weight
- a promise must be kept (idiom)
The characters in 一言为重
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 言yánwords; speech; to say
- 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
- 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
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