bù jiàn dé
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  • adv.not necessarily; may not

    • tiān zài xià yǔ tā bù jiàn dé néng lái

      下雨不见得

      It's raining, so he might not be able to come.

    • bù jiàn dé shì tā zuò de

      不见得

      It's not necessarily him who did it.

    • jiào guì de dōng xī bù jiàn dé jiù jiào hǎo

      东西不见得

      The more expensive articles are not necessarily better.

    • tā bù jiàn dé mǎ shàng jiù huì shì fàng de ba

      不见得马上释放

      I don't think he will necessarily be released straight away.

    • bù jiàn dé duì

      不见得

      not necessarily correct

    • bù jiàn dé kě néng

      不见得可能

      hardly possible

    • nǚ xìng bù jiàn dé fēi yào mó fǎng nán xìng cái néng zài shāng jiè chì zhà fēng yún

      女性不见得非要模仿男性商界叱咤风云

      Women do not necessarily have to imitate men to be successful in business.

Word usage

  • Note
    "不见得" is different from "不一定". "不一定" means both subjective estimation and objective uncertainty; "不见得" represents only subjective estimation.