空穴来风未必无因
Traditional form:
空穴來風未必無因
Pinyin (reading):
kòngxuéláifēngwèibìwúyīn
Definitions:
- wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
- there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
Characters:
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 穴 - cave, den, hole
- 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 未 - not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
- 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
- 因 - cause, reason; by; because
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