不见得

不见得
jiànde

not necessarily

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. adverb

    not necessarily

    不一定;可能不是这样bù yīdìng; kěnéng búshì zhèyàng

    • He may not come.

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    • Taking too much medicine isn't necessarily good for your health.

    • What he says isn't necessarily correct.

    • He may not necessarily come today.

    • I treat them with nothing but good intentions, and yet there's no guarantee they'll do the same for me.

  2. adverb

    not likely

    不一定;可能不会那样bù yīdìng; kěnéng búhuì nàyàng

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.

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