一諾千金

Chinese
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 to promise; to yes
 
a thousand pieces of gold; large amount of money; riches; daughter
trad. (一諾千金) 一 諾 千金
simp. (一诺千金) 一 诺 千金

Etymology

From Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian.

「楚人諺曰『得黄金百，不如得季布一諾』」 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]
“楚人谚曰‘得黄金百，不如得季布一诺’” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, circa 91 BCE
“Chǔrén yàn yuē ‘Dé huángjīn bǎi, bùrú dé Jì Bù yī nuò’” [Pinyin]
The people of Chu have a saying: "receiving 100 jin of gold is nothing compared to accepting a promise from Ji Bu."

Pronunciation

Idiom

一諾千金

  1. to be true to one's word
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