What you say is what you do
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á NF ā NGX í ngyu á n, which means honest speech and smooth behavior. It comes from the theory of potential husband communication.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Fu of the Han Dynasty wrote in the theory of potential husband, communication: "all the people of today are good at words and deeds, upright in mouth and evil in heart."
Analysis of Idioms
Different words and deeds
Antonym: consistency of words and deeds
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate, attribute, or object
What you say is what you do
one 's beautiful teeth are as white as pearl buttons - chǐ rú biān bèi
give up one 's own views and follow others - shě jǐ cóng rén
fearful with a guilty conscience - huái zhe guǐ tāi