说话不当话

Traditional form:

說話不當話

Pinyin (reading):

shuōhuàbùdànghuà

Definitions:

• to fail to keep to one's word
• to break a promise

Characters:

• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect

Traditional characters:

• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect