食言这种事是万万不能做的
“Breaking a promise is absolutely unthinkable.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
食言 这种事 是 万万不能 做 的
“Breaking a promise is absolutely unthinkable.”
况且这婚事是我姑姑定的
“Besides, this marriage was arranged by my aunt.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In the Jianghu honor code, keeping one's word (言出必行) is paramount; breaking a pledge brings immense disgrace to oneself and the sect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to break one's promise / go back on one's word
A literary term for breaking a promise, often found in formal contexts or historical narratives.
under no circumstances should / absolutely cannot
A strong emphatic structure used to express strict prohibition or impossibility.
Functions as part of the emphatic structure '是……的' to stress the impossibility of breaking promises.
