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不乾不淨，吃了沒病

简不干不净，吃了没病 · 繁不乾不淨，吃了沒病

Mandarin · pinyin bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)
a couple of germs won't do you any harm

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
淨: jìng · pure, clean, unspoiled
吃: chī · eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
了: le · to finish; particle of completed action
沒: méi · not, have not, none; to drown, sink
病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
净: jìng · clean, pure; cleanse
没: méi · not, have not, none; drown, sink

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