HSK 4 grammar · pattern
有什么好X的
(没)有什么(好)X的 — nothing (worth) X-ing about
Pattern
+ +
+ +
a rhetorical question
( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
没有什么好X的 dismisses something as not worth the action X — "there's nothing to X about". The question form 有什么好X的？ is rhetorical and means the same. X is usually a verb like 怕, 说, 难过.
Examples
这有什么好怕的？
Zhè yǒu shénme hǎo pà de?
What's there to be afraid of?
没什么好说的，都过去了。
Méi shénme hǎo shuō de, dōu guòqù le.
There's nothing to say; it's all over.
输一次没什么好难过的。
Shū yí cì méi shénme hǎo nánguò de.
Losing once is nothing to feel bad about.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 有什么好X的 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.