何必

hé bì

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adverb Uncommon

Definitions

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why bother?

rhetorical question meaning 'why bother' or 'why go to the trouble'

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need not

used to express that something is unnecessary

Often used in rhetorical questions like 何必……呢? to mean 'why must...?' implying there's no need.

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何必这么着急呢？

Why be in such a hurry?

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see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]

if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)

There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)

certainly

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