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not necessarily
maybe not

🖌️ 未 Strokes 🖌️ 必 Strokes

未wèi 必bì 见jiàn 得dé

Trad. 未必見得

not necessarily
that's not sure

🖌️ 未 Strokes 🖌️ 必 Strokes 🖌️ 见 Strokes 🖌️ 得 Strokes

空kòng 穴xué 来lái 风fēng 未wèi 必bì 无wú 因yīn

Trad. 空穴來風未必無因

wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
there's no smoke without fire (idiom)

🖌️ 空 Strokes 🖌️ 穴 Strokes 🖌️ 来 Strokes 🖌️ 风 Strokes 🖌️ 未 Strokes 🖌️ 必 Strokes 🖌️ 无 Strokes 🖌️ 因 Strokes

小xiǎo 时shí 了liǎo 了liǎo，大dà 未wèi 必bì 佳jiā

Trad. 小時了了，大未必佳

being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)

🖌️ 小 Strokes 🖌️ 时 Strokes 🖌️ 了 Strokes 🖌️ 了 Strokes 🖌️ 大 Strokes 🖌️ 未 Strokes 🖌️ 必 Strokes 🖌️ 佳 Strokes