a promise is weightier than one thousand bars of gold

a promise is weightier than one thousand bars of gold

A promise is a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is y ī Nu ò Qi ā NJ ī n, which means that a promise made has the value of thousands of gold. It means that words count and there is a lot of credit. It comes from the biography of Shiji jibluanbuli.

The origin of Idioms

"Shiji Ji Ji Bu Luan Bu lie Zhuan" says, "if you get a hundred jin of gold, it's better to get Ji Bu Yi Nuo."

Idiom usage

It is often used in conjunction with "speak meticulously" to show that his wife is sincere and has never broken her word. From the second volume of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

What you say is true. [antonym]: words are not true.

Idiom story

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu in Chu. He was upright, chivalrous and helpful. Whatever he promised, no matter how difficult it was, he managed to do it and was praised by everyone. Ji Bu was Xiang Yu's subordinate during the battle between Chu and Han Dynasties. He gave advice several times, which defeated Liu Bang's army. When Liu Bang became emperor, he thought of this and ordered him to be wanted. At this time, he admired Ji Bu and helped him secretly. Soon after, after dressing up, Ji Bu went to work as a servant in a family named Zhu in Shandong. Knowing that he was Ji Bu, the Zhu family still took him in. Later, the Zhu family went to Luoyang to find Liu Bang's old friend Ruyin houxia Houying to intercede. Under Xia Houying's persuasion, Liu Bang revoked Ji Bu's wanted order, made Ji bu a doctor, and soon changed to be the prefect of Hedong. There is a fellow of Ji Bu's, Cao Qiusheng, who loves to make friends with powerful officials to show off and elevate himself. Ji Bu always looks down upon him. When he heard that Ji Bu had become a senior official again, he went to see Ji Bu immediately. When Ji Bu heard that Cao Qiusheng was coming, he was ready to say a few words to let him down. However, as soon as Cao Qiusheng entered the hall, no matter how gloomy Ji Bu's face was and how ugly his words were, he immediately bowed and bowed to Ji Bu, and wanted to reminisce with Ji Bu la. He boasted: "I heard that it is popular in Chu that" it's better to get a thousand taels of gold than to get a jibuyino ". How can you have such a good reputation in Liang and Chu? We are fellow countrymen, and I have spread your good reputation everywhere. Why don't you want to see me? " After listening to Cao Qiusheng's words, Ji Bu felt happy and left him to stay for a few months as a guest. Before leaving, I gave him a big gift. Later, Cao Qiusheng continued to publicize for Ji Bu, and Ji Bu's reputation became more and more famous.

Modern citation

President Xi Jinping solemnly promised in the new year's greetings of two and 18, that the poor rural population in China should be lifted out of poverty in 2020. There are still two years to go before 2020. The whole society should take action, fight as hard as possible, win the battle of poverty alleviation as scheduled, and accomplish this great cause of great significance to the Chinese nation and the whole mankind.