何必
hé bì
Pinyin

Definition

何必
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hé bì
  1. there is no need
  2. why should

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

任何
rèn hé
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 whatever
  3. 3 whichever
  4. 4 whatsoever
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
必
bì
  1. 1 certainly
  2. 2 must
  3. 3 will
  4. 4 necessarily
必须
bì xū
  1. 1 to have to
  2. 2 must
  3. 3 compulsory
  4. 4 necessarily
何
Hé
  1. 1 surname He

Idioms (20)

三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
人无远虑，必有近忧
rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu
  1. 1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
  2. 2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
何乐而不为
hé lè ér bù wéi
  1. 1 What can you have against it? (idiom)
  2. 2 We should do this.
  3. 3 Go for it!

Sample Sentences

他常说：“凡事只要差不多，就好了。何必太精明呢？”
tā cháng shuō ：“fánshì zhǐyào chàbuduō ，jiù hǎo le 。hébì tài jīngmíng ne ？”
He would often say, "Things only have to be close enough to be good. Why bother to do things precisely all the time?”
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哼，早知如此何必当初呢，不过，经过这事儿吧，我也算是领悟了完美爱情该有的样子。
hèng ，zǎo zhī rúcǐ hébì dāngchū ne ，bùguò ，jīngguò zhè shìr ba ，wǒ yě suàn shì lǐngwù le wánměi àiqíng gāi yǒu de yàngzi 。
Hmph, it's a bit late for regrets now, no? Now that I've gone through this though, I guess I understand what perfect love should look like.
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生活失意在所难免呀，不忘初心就行了，何必在乎一时的得失。
shēnghuó shīyì zàisuǒ nánmiǎn ya ，bùwàng chūxīn jiù xíng le ，hébì zàihu yīshí de déshī 。
Disappointments are unavoidable in life, just don't forget your original intention. Why get caught up temporary successes or failures.
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瞧你一副一本正经的样子，这不过是人们在网络世界的一种调侃罢了，何必较真呢！
qiáo nǐ yī fù yīběnzhèngjing de yàngzi ，zhè bùguò shì rénmen zài wǎngluò shìjiè de yīzhǒng tiáokǎn bà le ，hébì jiàozhēn ne ！
Gosh, look how serious you are, it's just people joking around on the internet, why are you being so earnest about it?
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怎么回事？哎呀！爬那么高，危险哪！人生不如意事,十常八九，何必想不开呢？
zěnmehuíshì ？āiyā ！pá nàme gāo ，wēixiǎn nǎ ！rénshēng bùrúyìshì, shíchángbājiǔ ，hébì xiǎngbùkāi ne ？
What's wrong? Agh! It's dangerous to climb up so high! If life isn't going your way, why let it get to you?
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你们果然等不及了是吧？不然，我迟早要死，何必急着要我现在动手术呢...
nǐmen guǒrán děngbují le shì ba ？bùrán ，wǒ chízǎo yào sǐ ，hébì jí zhe yào wǒ xiànzài dòngshǒushù ne ...
Mother: I know you wouldn't be able to wait and wasn't I right? Well, I'm going to die sooner or later anyway, so why are you so keen for me to have an operation now...
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护士小姐，何必这样说嘛，我好歹也是病人啊...
hùshi xiǎojie ，hébì zhèyàng shuō ma ，wǒ hǎodǎi yě shì bìngrén ā ...
Do you really need to say that, Ms? For better or worse I'm still your patient...
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开个玩笑嘛，何必这么认真？大家都知道，这些动物是搭配着咱们老祖宗发明的“干支纪年法”来的，十二地支对应到十二种动物���
kāigewánxiào ma ，hébì zhème rènzhēn ？dàjiā dōu zhīdào ，zhèxiē dòngwù shì dāpèi zhe zánmen lǎo zǔzōng fāmíng de “gānzhī jìniánfǎ ”lái de ，shíèr dìzhī duìyìng dào shí èr zhǒng dòngwù 。
I was only joking around, why are you being so serious? Everyone knows that these twelve animals go along with the Stems-and-Branches cycle used by our ancestors to record years, each of the 12 earthly branches corresponds to an animal.
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我？不了，运动何必花钱，我都去附近的学校操场跑步，一口气跑个七八圈，也就够了。
wǒ ？bùle ，yùndòng hébì huāqián ，wǒ dōu qù fùjìn de xuéxiào cāochǎng pǎobù ，yīkǒuqì pǎo gè qī bā quān ，yě jiù gòu le 。
Me? No, why do you need to spend money to exercise, I always go to the sports field of a nearby school to run; I run seven or eight laps in one go and that's enough.
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那我倒是不同意最近常听到的，如果有大幸福，何必追求小确幸这种说法了，要能享受小确幸，前提是有基本幸福的生活吧，否则每天担心受怕，哪有心情享受这些”小确幸“啊？
nà wǒ dàoshì bùtóngyì zuìjìn cháng tīngdào de ，rúguǒ yǒu dà xìngfú ，hébì zhuīqiú xiǎoquèxìng zhèzhǒng shuōfa le ，yào néng xiǎngshòu xiǎoquèxìng ，qiántí shì yǒu jīběn xìngfú de shēnghuó ba ，fǒuzé měitiān dānxīn shòu pà ，nǎyǒu xīnqíng xiǎngshòu zhèxiē ”xiǎoquèxìng “ā ？
Contrary to what you might expect, I don't actually agree with the opinion that I hear these days - if we find great happiness, why strive for the little joys of life. The prerequisite of being able to enjoy those little joys in life is that we have basic level of happiness in life . Otherwise if you are constantly worried about this and that, you just won't be in the right frame of mind to enjoy those "little joys".
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