- 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
Characters
- 出 (出): to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 尔 (尒): variant of 爾|尔[er3]
- 反 (反): contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 尔 (尒): variant of 爾|尔[er3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 出尔反尔
- MDBG: 出尔反尔
- Examples with 出尔反尔 on Tatoeba
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