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HSK
what? / something; anything
HSK 1
why? / for what reason?
HSK 2
what kind?; what sort?
HSK 2
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind / think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
HSK 1
when?; at what time?
What's up?; Is something the matter? / (coll.) (used in rhetorical questions of the form 關|关 + {person} + 什麼事|什么事 "what business is it of {person}'s?; what's it to {person}?")
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
somewhere / someplace / where
and so on; and so forth; and what not
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
who? / what (kind of) person?
sth pertinent to say
nothing is impossible / there's nothing impossible about it
it is nothing / there's nothing ... about it
(spoken) why? / for which reason?
lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do
What brings you here? (idiom)


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