何必 hébì there is no need
there is no need; why should
How to remember 何必: 何 what + 必 must = there is no need.
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How it is used
- 'why bother / there's no need' - a rhetorical question - 何必这么麻烦?(hébì zhème máfan?) why go to all this trouble?
- Implies the effort/worry is unnecessary; softly discourages. 何必呢 (why bother, really).
- Contrast 不必 (búbì, need not, plain statement); 何必 is the rhetorical, slightly reproachful 'what's the point'.