Chinese–English

出尔反尔

chū ěr fǎn ěr · chu er fan er

Traditional 出爾反爾

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
to blow hot and cold
to contradict oneself
inconsistent

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