“Guān” zì, liǎng zhāng kǒu.

“官” 字, 兩張口。

Lit [The Chinese character for] “official” [looks like it contains] two [characters for] “mouth” (口).

Fig Government officials often “speak out of both sides of their mouths,” (i.e., say one thing at one time and something else at another) and do not keep their promises.

Note [This is an orthographic pun.]

Topics Chinese characters OFFICIALS orthographic pun PROMISES