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title: "有什么好…的 in Chinese Grammar: What’s there to …? (no reason to …), With Examples"
description: "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?” 2 real lines from stories, each word explained."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/you-shenme-hao"
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# 有什么好…的

What’s there to …? (no reason to …)

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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?"

[舌战群儒 · Zhuge Liang Against the Scholars](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhuge-liang-against-the-scholars-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-11#library-word-319-325) HSK 3

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!"

[煮酒论英雄 · Heroes Over Warm Wine](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/heroes-over-warm-wine-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-4#library-word-768-774) HSK 5

## Your turn

Write your own sentence with 有什么好…的. It's checked, and you'll see if the pattern is there.

[Read 舌战群儒](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhuge-liang-against-the-scholars-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-11#library-word-319-325)

## More patterns

- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [是…的 (emphasis) it was … that (stresses when, where, how or who)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shi-de)
- [像…一样/似的 like …; as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/xiang-yiyang)
- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-ye-neg)
- [有的…，有的… some …, others …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youde-youde)

## Now read them in a real story

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## What does 有什么好…的 mean in Chinese?

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?”

## How common is 有什么好…的?

It comes up in 2 readings of the 462 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.