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What does 未必 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

未必 wèibì

not necessarily; may not

Its characters

  1. 未 wèi not (as in 未必)
  2. 必 bì certainly

In a sentence

贵的东西未必好。 Expensive things aren't necessarily good.

这些故事未必全是真的,但李白狂放、不愿低头的性格,确实让他在宫里待不长。

From 李白是谁? · Who was Li Bai? China’s poet of the moon

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