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一诺千金

yī nuò qiān jīn

4-character word Traditional 一諾千金

What 一诺千金 means

1. (lit.) a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom)
2. (fig.) a promise that can be counted on

The characters in 一诺千金

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 诺nuòto consent; to promise; (literary) yes!
• 千qiānthousand
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals