What Does "何必当初" (hé bì dāng chū) Mean?

hé何bì必dāng当chū初

would you still have done what you did?"

HSK Vocabulary

何H7 必H5 当H4 初H5

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E29

Clip Timestamp

35:59

TMDB ID

283952

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	早知今日	zǎo zhī jīn rì	"Had you known it would end this way,
2▶	何必当初	hé bì dāng chū	would you still have done what you did?"
3	如今后悔	rú jīn hòu huǐ	It's too late

More Clips From Episode

Total 110 clips (Page 5 of 6)

HSK 4

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您该不会是怀疑他老爷

nín gāi bú huì shì huái yí tā lǎo yéare you suspecting that it was him... Master!

HSK 3

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可是也不能一个都不来

kě shì yě bù néng yí gè dōu bù láiBut they shouldn't just send no one at all.

HSK 2

0:03s

去屏阳的路不好走

qù píng yáng de lù bù hǎo zǒuThe road to Pingyang is rough.

HSK 1

0:03s

zǎo zhī jīn rì"Had you known it would end this way,

HSK 4

0:03s

也来不及了

yě lái bù jí leto regret it now.

HSK 2

0:03s

这都什么时辰了怎么还没到啊

zhè dōu shén me shí chén le zěn me hái méi dào a[Gu] What time is it already? Why haven't they arrived yet?

HSK 1

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说是说是去了通州了

shuō shì shuō shì qù le tōng zhōu leThey said they've gone to Tongzhou.

HSK 1

0:03s

你是不是早就知道

nǐ shì bú shì zǎo jiù zhī dàoDid you know all along

HSK 2

0:03s

你就能跟着飞上枝头了

nǐ jiù néng gēn zhe fēi shàng zhī tóu leyou'll get to rise in status along with her?

HSK 4

0:03s

怜姐儿别做梦了

lián jiě ér bié zuò mèng leLian. Stop dreaming.

她早就带着荣哥儿回通州把你自己丢在这儿了

HSK 3

0:03s

她早就带着荣哥儿回通州把你自己丢在这儿了

tā zǎo jiù dài zhe róng gē ér huí tōng zhōu bǎ nǐ zì jǐ diū zài zhè ér leShe's long taken Rong back to Tongzhou, leaving you here alone.

我一个人就不能过活了我自有我一个人

HSK 4

0:03s

我一个人就不能过活了我自有我一个人

wǒ yí gè rén jiù bù néng guò huó le wǒ zì yǒu wǒ yí gè rénCan't I live my life alone? I have my own ways

HSK 7

0:03s

真是反了你了啊

zhēn shì fǎn le nǐ le aThe nerve of you!

HSK 6

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你也是不回就不回嘛

nǐ yě shì bù huí jiù bù huí maOh, you. If you don't want to go back, just don't.

HSK 7

0:03s

肯定会拿伦理孝道来逼我

kěn dìng huì ná lún lǐ xiào dào lái bī wǒshe would certainly have invoked family ethics and filial duty to pressure me.

HSK 2

0:03s

就因为你是堂堂阁老

jiù yīn wèi nǐ shì táng táng gé lǎoJust because you're a dignified Grand Secretary,

HSK 7

0:03s

做事情都要为人典范

zuò shì qíng dōu yào wéi rén diǎn fànin everything you do, you have to be a model for others.

HSK 2

0:03s

所以好些事情我都做不了了

suǒ yǐ hǎo xiē shì qíng wǒ dōu zuò bù liǎo leTherefore, there are so many things I can no longer do.

HSK 7

0:03s

想向你三妹求亲真扫兴

xiǎng xiàng nǐ sān mèi qiú qīn zhēn sǎo xìngwishes to seek your third sister's hand in marriage. What a mood-killer.

HSK 4

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我还当穆公子已经定亲了呢

wǒ hái dāng mù gōng zi yǐ jīng dìng qīn le neI thought Young Master Mu had already been betrothed.