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HSK
any; whatever; whichever
HSK 3
how / what way / what
HSK 3
why
HSK 6
have no way out / have no alternative / abbr. to 無奈|无奈
HSK 7-9
when
HSK 7-9
there is no need / why should
HSK 7-9
why bother? / is it worth the trouble?
HSK 7-9
(idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
HSK 7-9
let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more
HSK 7-9
whence / where
HSK 7-9
San Jose
what is / (old) what for / (in a rhetorical question) it's no use
(old) why
if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
why not? / why not do (sth)?
projective geometry / same as 射影幾何|射影几何
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  *何* | 何* | *何
surname He
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  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
where?
geometry / (literary) how much
(literary) why / how
where? / what place?
(literary) what is? / what is the meaning of?
what harm is there in (doing sth)
when?
(rhetorical question) when? / how? / it's not that...
far more than / not just
just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
what course to follow / what path to take
why? / for what reason?
(literary) what place / what time / how
easier said than done (idiom)
Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root
who
what for? / what's the reason?
what business?
whence? / where from?
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
what kind? / how, what / somewhat
Book of Hosea
how can this be endured! (idiom)
What a scandal! / Whatever next?
nothing else / soon / before long
it's a small world (idiom)
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝 when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
somehow
there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
analytic geometry / coordinate geometry
what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
geometric figure
Euclid's "Elements"
Oklahoma, US state
anywhere / wherever
anything / whatever
What (noble errand) brings you here? / May I help you? / What can I do for you?
What's (he) up to? / What's the motive behind all this?
how can one be sure?
geometric optics
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) / to regret vainly one's past behavior
Oklahoma City
how about it? / what do you think?
projective geometry
He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009
geometric series
differential geometry
(math.) Riemannian geometry
differential geometry
hyperbolic geometry / Lobachevskian geometry
analytic geometry / coordinate geometry
algebraic geometry
geometry
hyperbolic geometry
non-Euclidean geometry
algebraic geometry
He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general
where / what place
projective geometry
solid geometry
non-Euclidean geometry
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
where do these words stem from? / why do you (he, etc) say such a thing?
(literary) far more than / not limited to
how about / what kind of
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
(idiom) what is there against it? (rhetorical question indicating an eagerness or willingness to do sth)
of what use is it / (idiom)
(literary) what kind of person
there is no need / why should
Oklahoma, US state
intrinsic geometry
intrinsic geometry
fractal geometry
fractal geometry
whither
to do something to sb / to deal with / to cope / how? / to no avail
plane geometry
geometric mean

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