何必當初
hé​bì​dāng​chū

why bother in the first place

  • created reference approved 何必当初/何必當初 → 早知今日，何必当初/早知今日，何必當初 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何必当初 / 何必當初 hé​bì​dāng​chū

    早知今日，何必当初 / 早知今日，何必當初 zǎo​zhī​jīn​rì​hé​bì​dāng​chū

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 何必当初/何必當初 · hé​bì​dāng​chū · why bother in the first place — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    何必当初 / 何必當初

    hé​bì​dāng​chū

    why bother in the first place

    Why acted like that back then; expresses regret or reproach regarding past actions, often used in the phrase [[早知今日，何必当初|早知今日，何必當初|zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1]].

    何必 (literal) → 何必 · hé​bì · there is no need 当初 (literal) → 当初/當初 · dāng​chū · originally

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense