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粵語辭叢

何不

ho4 bat1included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

點解唔……? (why not)

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何不食肉糜?

ho4 bat1 sik6 juk6 mei4?

a quote of a fatuous monarch of Jin Dynasty, used nowadays to satire a statesman is oblivious about the political reality; literally: why do the peoples not eat minced meat when there is famine?

維基辭典YueWord文雅

Original phonetic: /hɔː²¹ pɐt̚⁵/

why not

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要是這樣豁達又何不專心著書

If so open-minded, why not concentrate on writing a book?