shī​duō​bù​yǎng

to be past worrying

  • created sense approved 虱多不痒/蝨多不癢 · shī​duō​bù​yǎng · to be past worrying — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虱多不痒 / 蝨多不癢

    shī​duō​bù​yǎng

    to be past worrying

    Literally "when covered with lice, one does not feel the itching anymore"; used to describe being so overwhelmed by problems, debts, or criticisms that one no longer cares or feels bothered by them.

    虱 (literal) → 虱/蝨 · shī · louse 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 痒 (literal) → 痒/癢 · yǎng · to itch

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense