何来 (hé) — (literary verb phrase) where does … come from; how can it be that (rhetorical)
Definition
A literary rhetorical phrase meaning 'where does … come from?' or 'how could it possibly be that …?' — always used to challenge or question, never as a neutral question.
verb
(literary verb phrase) where does … come fromhow can it be that (rhetorical)
Examples
- 何来？Cǐ yán hé gēn jù?Where does this statement get its basis?
- ，何来？Shì yǐ zhì cǐ, hé tuì lù?Things have come to this — how could there be a way back?
- 何来？Nǐ hé zì xìn néng chéng gōng?Where does your confidence that you will succeed come from?
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