一諾千金
simp一诺千金jat1 nok6 cin1 gam1yī nuò qiān jīn
English
- (lit.) a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom)
- (fig.) a promise that can be counted on
- to be trustworthy; literally: a promise worth one thousand in gold
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容人有信用,信守承諾,諾言有好高嘅價值
Examples
阿明一向一諾千金,講過算數。
Ah-ming always keeps her words; her promises always count.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk