shì

oath

vow; to swear; to pledge

Breaking (折) + words (言) = a sworn oath

折 carries the sense of breaking or severing — an oath is words so solemn they snap like a broken branch, binding you irreversibly. Once spoken, they cannot be unsaid.

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他发再也不说谎了。

tā fā shì zài yě bù shuō huǎng le。

He swore he would never lie again.

她在心里立下言,一定要完成这件事。

tā zài xīn lǐ lì xià shì yán, yī dìng yào wán chéng zhè jiàn shì。

She made a vow in her heart that she would definitely finish this matter.

Words with 誓

作誓

zuò shì

to pledge

信誓旦旦

xìn shì dàn dàn

to make a solemn vow

宣誓

xuān shì

to swear an oath (of office)

宣誓供词证明

xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng

(law) affidavit; deposition

宣誓就职

xuān shì jiù zhí

to swear the oath of office

宣誓书

xuān shì shū

affidavit

宣誓证言

xuān shì zhèng yán

sworn testimony

山盟海誓

shān méng hǎi shì

to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love

恶誓

è shì

evil oath

海誓山盟

hǎi shì shān méng

to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love

发誓

fā shì

to vow

盟山誓海

méng shān shì hǎi

to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love

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