stick to what one says

stick to what one says

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is y ǎ OD ī ngji á OTI ě, which means that teeth can break iron nails and means strong will. From the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

Idioms and allusions

The ninth chapter of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in Ming Dynasty: "the people who come and go are all iron men who bite nails; the people who come and go are nothing but people who shed blood and dissect the liver."

Word usage

It means strong will.

Examples

Every word is true. The 67th chapter of Chen Ruisheng's rebirth fate in Qing Dynasty