失信 (shī xìn) — to break one's promise; to lose credibility

Definition

失信 means to break one's promise or lose credibility — a more formal, written alternative to 说话不算数. Often used in legal or business contexts (e.g., 失信被执行人 'person on the dishonesty blacklist').

verb

to break one's promiseto lose credibility

Examples

失信，。
Tā yīn wèi duō cì shī xìn, yǐ jīng méi yǒu péng you yuàn yì bāng tā.
Because he broke his promise many times, no friend is willing to help him anymore.
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Zhè jiā gōng sī céng jīng shī guò yí cì xìn, hòu lái kè hù dōu pǎo le.
This company once broke its promise, and later all the customers left.
失信，。
Yí dàn shī xìn, jiù hěn nán zài huò dé bié rén de xìn rèn.
Once you lose credibility, it's very hard to regain others' trust.

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