誓言

shìyán
  1. to pledge
  2. to promise
  3. oath
  4. vow

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to vow to; to pledge to; to make an oath to
  2. oath; pledge; vow
  3. to vow to; to pledge to; to make an oath to

Wiktionary

立定決心時的言辭。

重編國語辭典

  1. 發誓
  2. 立定決心時的言辭

維基詞典

Examples

孩子因糖果受騙, 大人因誓言上當。

Children are to be deceived with comfits and men with oaths.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 誓 shì
  1. oath
  2. vow
  3. to swear
  4. to pledge
2 言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk

Related entries

作誓 zuòshì to pledge
質押 zhìyā to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan)
宣示 xuānshì
  1. to vow
  2. to pledge
發誓 fāshì
  1. to vow
  2. to pledge
  3. to swear
他发誓要戒烟。

He vowed to give up smoking.

Source: Tatoeba

矢誌 shǐzhì
  1. to take an oath to do sth
  2. to pledge
  3. to vow
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