空穴来风未必无因 in English kong4 xue2 lai2 feng1 wei4 bi4 wu2 yin1 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

空 穴 来 风 未 必 无 因

Traditional Characters

空 穴 來 風 未 必 無 因

Pinyin

kong4 xue2 lai2 feng1 wei4 bi4 wu2 yin1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

空kong1empty 穴xue2cave 来lai2to come 风feng1wind 未wei4not yet 必bi4certainly 无wu2not to have 因yin1old variant of 因[yin1]