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
Chinese PinYin : jìng yán yōng wéi
Quiet words are not easy to violate
one 's hand could no longer act as one 's heart directed. shǒu bù yīng xīn
If you want to take it, you must deal with it first. jiāng yù qǔ zhī,bì xiān yǔ zhī
submissively to hear and obey. fǔ shǒu tīng mìng
a nobleman makes his tour in disguise. bái lóng yú fú