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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 食言 [ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˊ; shi2 yan2]
 lit. to eat one's words
 to break a promise
 to go back on one's word
 to renege
 unsworn testimony
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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 食言
 しょくげん
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
 eat one's words
 break one's promises
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