Chinese Word: 食言而肥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom); fig. not to live up to one's promises

1		yǒu xiē 有些 huán bǎo 环保 rén shì 人士 qiǎn zé 谴责 zhè bù 这部 fǎ àn 法案 shí yán ér féi 食言而肥， xuē jiǎn 削减 de 的 wēn shì 温室 qì tǐ 气体 tài shào 太少。 Some denounce it for doing less to curb greenhouse gases than was once promised.
2		rán ér 然而， zhèng fǔ 政府 què 却 shí yán ér féi 食言而肥， gè 各 shǎo shù mín zú 少数民族 wǔ zhuāng 武装 zǔ zhī 组织 bèi pò 被迫 yào 要 qù 去 jiē shòu 接受 zhěng biān 整编， zhè 这 yú shì 于是 jiù 就 dǎo zhì 导致 le 了 mù qián 目前 de 的 jǐn zhāng 紧张 jú shì 局势 yǐ jí 以及 wǔ zhuāng chōng tū 武装冲突。 However, that promise was broken and the ethnic armed groups were pushed to transform into members of the BGF, resulting in the current tensions and armed clashes.

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