<p>你不需要有多完美，也可以做得很好。<br>
You don't need to be absolutely perfect, you can also do it.<br>
You don't need to be that perfect, you can also do it.</p>

<p>I understand 不需要有多完美 as: don't need to have great perfection, don't need that much perfection</p>

<p>你有多爱我？<br>
How much do you love me?<br>
从这里去那里有多远?。<br>
How far is it from here to there?</p>

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2019-05-06T22:19:02.133Z
2019-05-06T22:19:02.133Z
Pedroski
<p>有多 is not a phrase, so you won't find it in a dictionary. The right split is 你不需要有 | 多完美。means you don't have to be perfect to do something.</p>

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2019-05-07T12:01:32.317Z
2019-05-07T12:01:32.317Z
Rui
<p>有多  functions similar to "being how" in English</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<p>完美= perfect</p>

<p>多完美 = how perfect</p>

<p>有多完美 = being how perfect</p>

<p>强大 = strong</p>

<p>多强大 = how strong</p>

<p>有多强大 = being how strong</p>

<p>Example sentence:</p>

<p>不管他技巧[<strong>有多</strong>]完美,實力[<strong>有多</strong>]强大, 他也不是我對手</p>

<p>No matter [<strong>how</strong>] perfect his skill [<strong>is</strong>], [<strong>how</strong>] strong his power [<strong>is</strong>], he is still no match for me.</p>

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2019-05-06T02:14:04.600Z
2019-05-06T02:14:04.600Z
Tang Ho
<p>Today, while scrolling through my Instagram feed, I found this saying :</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>你不需要有多完美，也可以做得很好。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I wonder what 有多 means. I tried to look for its meaning on the dictionary but it's not listed as a single word.</p>

<p>Could someone please explain its meaning and function here? Thanks in advance.</p>

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What does 有多 mean?
# What does 有多 mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-05)

Today, while scrolling through my Instagram feed, I found this saying :

> 你不需要有多完美，也可以做得很好。

I wonder what 有多 means. I tried to look for its meaning on the dictionary but it's not listed as a single word.

Could someone please explain its meaning and function here? Thanks in advance.

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-05-06. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

有多 functions similar to "being how" in English

Example:

完美= perfect

多完美 = how perfect

有多完美 = being how perfect

强大 = strong

多强大 = how strong

有多强大 = being how strong

Example sentence:

不管他技巧[**有多**]完美,實力[**有多**]强大, 他也不是我對手

No matter [**how**] perfect his skill [**is**], [**how**] strong his power [**is**], he is still no match for me.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-06. Score: 2

你不需要有多完美，也可以做得很好。  
You don't need to be absolutely perfect, you can also do it.  
You don't need to be that perfect, you can also do it.

I understand 不需要有多完美 as: don't need to have great perfection, don't need that much perfection

你有多爱我？  
How much do you love me?  
从这里去那里有多远?。  
How far is it from here to there?


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-05-07. Score: 2

有多 is not a phrase, so you won't find it in a dictionary. The right split is 你不需要有 | 多完美。means you don't have to be perfect to do something.


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