<p>Do you mean “没事…做什?" If it is the case, then  没事 is short for '<strong>没事要做</strong> (without thing that has to be done); or <strong>没事發生</strong>(nothing has happened) </p>

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  <p>没事 means '<strong>for no reason</strong>' or '<strong>with no purpose</strong>' in this structure.</p>
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<p>For example: </p>

<p>"<strong>没事</strong>回來做什?" (<strong>for no reason</strong>, come back <strong>for what</strong>?/ <strong>why</strong> come back <strong>for no reason</strong>?)</p>

<p>"<strong>没事</strong>去看醫生做什?" (<strong>for no reason</strong>, go to see the doctor <strong>for what</strong>?/ <strong>why</strong> go see the doctor <strong>for no reason</strong>?) </p>

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  <p><em>It should be' 没事...作什', but '没事...做什?' is also valid because 做 is the modern counterpart of 作 in classical writting for the verb 'to do'</em></p>
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Tang Ho
<p>'没事‘ = 'everything is ok' is this case.
‘做什么’ equates to 'why' here I think.</p>

<p>没事说那么恶心的话做什么?<br>
Everything is fine, why are you uttering such profanities? </p>

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Pedroski
<p>I guess it's a bit akin to, the good old:</p>

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  <p>the devil will find work for idle hands to do</p>
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<p><strong>没事</strong> here means exactly what you probably think it means.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&amp;wdrst=0&amp;wdqb=%E6%B2%A1%E4%BA%8B" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MDBG</a> lists one definition as:</p>

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  <p>to have nothing to do</p>
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<p>In your above question the 没事 basically acts as, '<em>don't you have anything better to do than to....</em>', '<em>are you so idle as to...</em>', etc. -or- as you put it <em>What are you being .... for?</em></p>

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Mou某
<p>I found that that form of phrase is used quite often.
I thought it could be read as "What are you being .... for?".
But I'm still confused about the use of '没事' here and how to properly put it in English.</p>

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Can you give some examples on the structure  “没事是…做什?"? I can't get any in mind.
dan
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没事说那么恶心的话做什么? It seems 是 isn't a fixed part in the structure....
Fai91
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What's the best way to phrase "没事是......做什么?" in english?
# What's the best way to phrase "没事是......做什么?" in english?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-18)

I found that that form of phrase is used quite often.
I thought it could be read as "What are you being .... for?".
But I'm still confused about the use of '没事' here and how to properly put it in English.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you give some examples on the structure  “没事是…做什?"? I can't get any in mind.  
> **username_0**: 没事说那么恶心的话做什么? It seems 是 isn't a fixed part in the structure....  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Do you mean “没事…做什?" If it is the case, then 没事 is short for '**没事要做** (without thing that has to be done); or **没事發生**(nothing has happened)

> 没事 means '**for no reason**' or '**with no purpose**' in this structure.

For example:

"**没事**回來做什?" (**for no reason**, come back **for what**?/ **why** come back **for no reason**?)

"**没事**去看醫生做什?" (**for no reason**, go to see the doctor **for what**?/ **why** go see the doctor **for no reason**?)

> *It should be' 没事...作什', but '没事...做什?' is also valid because 做 is the modern counterpart of 作 in classical writting for the verb 'to do'*


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-19. Score: 0

'没事‘ = 'everything is ok' is this case.
‘做什么’ equates to 'why' here I think.

没事说那么恶心的话做什么?  
Everything is fine, why are you uttering such profanities?


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-08-18. Score: 0

I guess it's a bit akin to, the good old:

> the devil will find work for idle hands to do

**没事** here means exactly what you probably think it means.

[MDBG](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E6%B2%A1%E4%BA%8B) lists one definition as:

> to have nothing to do

In your above question the 没事 basically acts as, '*don't you have anything better to do than to....*', '*are you so idle as to...*', etc. -or- as you put it *What are you being .... for?*


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