出尔反尔
Traditional form:
出爾反爾
Pinyin (reading):
chū'ěrfǎn'ěr
Definitions:
- old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
- to blow hot and cold
- to contradict oneself
- inconsistent
Characters:
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
- 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
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