一言为重 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 一言為重 yīyánwéizhòng ㄧ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ each word carries weight a promise must be kept (idiom) Character by character 一(yī)one 言(yán)words 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 重(zhòng)heavy A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0