曷
hé
why
how; when; what; where
曷不早言，免得如今后悔？
hé bù zǎo yán，miǎn de rú jīn hòu huǐ？
why not speak up sooner, so as to avoid regretting it now?
事已至此，曷能置之不理？
shì yǐ zhì cǐ，hé néng zhì zhī bù lǐ？
now that things have come to this, how can one simply ignore it?