誓 言 shì yán to pledge / to promise / oath / vow 誓 词 shì cí oath / pledge 誓 约 shì yuē oath / vow / pledge / promise 盟 méng oath / pledge / union / to ally / league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia 誓 shì oath / vow / to swear / to pledge 宣 誓 xuān shì to swear an oath (of office) / to make a vow 盟 约 méng yuē contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies 起 誓 qǐ shì to vow / to swear an oath 矢 志 shǐ zhì to take an oath to do sth / to pledge / to vow 盟 誓 méng shì oath of alliance 歃 血 为 盟 shà xuè wéi méng to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom) / to swear a sacred oath 山 盟 海 誓 shān méng hǎi shì to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 海 誓 山 盟 hǎi shì shān méng to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 盟 山 誓 海 méng shān shì hǎi to pledge undying love (idiom) / oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods 宣 誓 就 职 xuān shì jiù zhí to swear the oath of office 已 作 出 保 yǐ zuò chū bǎo to do sth under oath (idiom) 恶 誓 è shì evil oath 桃 园 三 结 义 Táo yuán Sān Jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] 弃 约 背 盟 qì yuē bèi méng to abrogate an agreement / to break one's oath (idiom) 约 契 yuē qì contract / oath of allegiance 经 宣 誓 jīng xuān shì under oath 在 誓 言 的 约 束 下 under oath 就 职 宣 誓 jiù zhí xuān shì oath of office 换 帖 huàn tiě to exchange cards containing personal details (when taking an oath of fraternity)