小時了了，大未必佳

小时了了，大未必佳
xiǎoshíliǎoliǎo,dàwèibìjiā
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 小時 xiǎoshí hour

classifier: 個
2 了了 liǎoliǎo
  1. to realize clearly
  2. to settle a matter
  3. to get it over with
3 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
4 未必 wèibì
  1. not necessarily
  2. maybe not
5 佳 jiā
  1. beautiful
  2. fine
  3. good