Quiet words are not easy to violate
It refers to skillful speech but disobeying action.
Idiom explanation
It refers to skillful speech but disobeying action.
The origin of Idioms
Ban Gu's biography of Wang Zun in the book of Han in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "it hurts Yin and Yang, worries for the country, and has no intention of using imperial edicts. It's like Gong taotian that his words are quiet and defy others."
Discrimination of words
Examples
This is to deceive the heaven, so we should punish them in the Qing Dynasty. --Sima Guang, Song Dynasty
Usage:
To be a predicate or an object
words whose meaning is similar
Words and deeds are inconsistent, words are quiet and words are mediocre
Quiet words are not easy to violate
study by the light of burning rice bran - rán kāng zì zhào
The past is rich and the present is barren - gǔ féi jīn shòu
one 's boots leaked dreadfully and in both of them there were big holes at the heels - lǚ chuān zhǒng jué
It's convenient for you to be with others - yǔ rén fāng biàn,zì jǐ fāng biàn
something redundant and not needed - fù zhuì xiàn yóu