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何須

简何须 · 繁何須

Mandarin · pinyin hé xū

there is no need
why should

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何: hé · what, why, where, which, how
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须: xū · must, have to, necessary

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2–1 · he2 xu1

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ho4 seoi1

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(literary) what need is there to; why does one need to

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