空穴来风未必无因
kōng​xué​lái​fēng​wèi​bì​wú​yīn

no smoke without fire

  • created reference approved 空穴来风未必无因/空穴來風未必無因 → 空穴来风/空穴來風 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空穴来风未必无因 / 空穴來風未必無因 kōng​xué​lái​fēng​wèi​bì​wú​yīn

    空穴来风 / 空穴來風 kōng​xué​lái​fēng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 空穴来风未必无因/空穴來風未必無因 · kōng​xué​lái​fēng​wèi​bì​wú​yīn · no smoke without fire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空穴来风未必无因 / 空穴來風未必無因

    kōng​xué​lái​fēng​wèi​bì​wú​yīn

    no smoke without fire

    (idiom) a wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there is no smoke without fire

    空穴来风 (literal) → 空穴来风/空穴來風 · kōng​xué​lái​fēng · having a factual basis 未必 (literal) → 未必 · wèi​bì · not necessarily 无因 (literal) → 无因/無因 · wú​yīn · without reason

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense