Learn Chinese Grammar - How to use 哪里是为了?
他哪里是为了你好,他明明是害了你。 What is 哪里 here means? Answer: 哪里 here is used for a rhetorical question to express negation, it means " 不 " . Example 1: Does he do this for your good? (Rhetorical question) He obviously hurts you. 他哪里是为了你好?他明明是害了你。 He doesn ' t do this for your good, He obviously hurts you. 他不是为了你好,他明明是害了你。 Example 2: Do I do this because the job? (Rhetorical question) Today the special purpose I come here is to visit you. 我哪里是为了工作?我今天是特地来看你的。 I don ' t do this because the job, today the special purpose I come here is to visit you. 我不是为了工作,我今天是特地来看你的。 Example 3: Is this for the kids? (Rhetorical question) It ' s obviously for yourself. 这哪里是为了孩子?明明是为了自己。 This is not for the kids, it ' s obviously for yourself. 这不是为了孩子,明明是为了自己。 Now, the other grammar form : 哪里是为了 + Verb + 才 + ...... Example 1: Does he just come here...