有什么好…的
What’s there to …? (no reason to …)
有什么好 + verb + 的: there is nothing worth doing it — 有什么好哭的？ “what’s there to cry about?”
In stories
孔明说：“这些人很多以前是袁绍和刘表的人，他们心里不想帮曹操，有什么好怕的？”
Kongming said: "Many of them used to be Yuan Shao's and Liu Biao's men. In their hearts they don't want to help Cao Cao. What is there to fear?"
刘备又说了好几个人，曹操都拍手大笑：“这些人，有什么好说的！”
Liu Bei named several more, and each time Cao Cao clapped and roared with laughter: "Those people? Not worth mentioning!"
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What’s there to …? (no reason to …). 有什么好 + verb + 的: there is nothing worth doing it — 有什么好哭的？ “what’s there to cry about?”
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