虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁

虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁
shīziduōlebùyǎng,zhàiduōlebùchóu
  1. lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying)
  2. fig. to be past worrying (about sth)

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Entry Composition

1 虱子 shīzi louse (Pediculus humanus)
2 多 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
4 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=5 痒 yǎng
  1. variant of 痒 yǎng
  2. to itch
  3. to tickle
=5 痒 yǎng
  1. to itch
  2. to tickle
6 债 zhài debt

classifier: 筆
7 多 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-
8 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
9 不愁 bùchóu to not worry

Related entries

债多不愁 zhàiduōbùchóu
  1. lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)
  2. fig. to be past worrying (about sth)
虱多不痒 shīduōbùyǎng
  1. lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom)
  2. fig. to be past worrying (about sth)