"go back on your promise" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 食言

Definition

没有履行你承诺的事情；违背你的诺言或未能兑现你做出的承诺。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这个表达可以用于正式和非正式场合，通常带有失望或背信的意味。有时也说 'go back on your word'。不要与 'take back'（收回话语或赠品）混淆。

Examples

He promised to help but then he went back on his promise.

他答应帮忙，但后来**食言了**。

Try not to go back on your promise to your friends.

尽量不要对朋友**食言**。

People will lose trust if you go back on your promise.

如果你**食言**，别人会失去信任。

She hates it when people go back on their promises.

她讨厌别人**食言**。

I can't believe they went back on their promise after everything we agreed on.

在我们都已经达成协议后，他们竟然**食言了**，真不敢相信。

You really shouldn't go back on your promise—people will remember.

你真的不应该**食言**，大家会记得的。