虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁
shī​zi​duō​le​bù​yǎng​zhài​duō​le​bù​chóu

to be past worrying

  • created sense approved 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁/虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁 · shī​zi​duō​le​bù​yǎng​zhài​duō​le​bù​chóu · to be past worrying — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 / 虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁

    shī​zi​duō​le​bù​yǎng​zhài​duō​le​bù​chóu

    to be past worrying

    one is no longer bothered by problems or debt when they become overwhelming; literally "when there are too many lice one does not itch, and when there is too much debt one does not worry"

    虱子 (literal) → 虱子/蝨子 · shī​zi · louse 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 了 (literal) → 了 · le · [aspect marker] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 痒 (literal) → 痒/癢 · yǎng · to itch ， (non_chinese) 债 (literal) → 债/債 · zhài · debt 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 了 (literal) → 了 · le · [aspect marker] 不愁 (literal) → 不愁 · bù​chóu · to have no worries

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    created sense