何必当初 hébìdāngchū why bother in the first place Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 何必 hébì adverb there is no need Used in rhetorical questions to suggest that something is unnecessary or that there is no reason to do it; why must; why should.当初 當初 dāngchū adverb originally at that time; at the outset; originally, especially referring to when a particular event first took place