何必／何苦...呢？ questions the need to do something.
Why bother
Rhetorical
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Rhetorical
- ✅ 何必那麼急呢？
- ❌ 何必那麼急。
Suggests unnecessary action
- ✅ 何苦自找麻煩？
- ❌ 何苦去做。
Since we know it will fail, why start now?
You are already tired, why make yourself suffer by staying up?
It is just a small thing, why argue this much?
Everything is ready, why make things hard by changing plans now?
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