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说话算话

shuō huà suàn huà

4-character word Traditional 說話算話

What 说话算话 means

1. to do as promised
2. to be as good as one's word
3. to honor one's word
4. to mean what one says

The characters in 说话算话

• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words

Example sentences

• 他一直都说话算话。
  Tā yīzhí dōu shuōhuàsuànhuà.
  He was always as good as his word.