一言九鼎

yi1 yan2 jiu3 ding3

one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

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一言九鼎

yī yán jiǔ dǐng

One word is as heavy as nine tripods.; A word from one weighs nine tripods.; Every word carries weight.; One's word carries the weight of nine tripods -- weighty advice.; What is said carries weight.

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一言九鼎|一言九鼎 [yī yán jiǔ dǐng] ► one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight