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虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁

简虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 · 繁虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁

Mandarin · pinyin shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

(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)
(fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)

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虱: shī · louse; bug; parasite
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
多: duō · much, many; more than, over
了: le · to finish; particle of completed action
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
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愁: chóu · anxiety; to worry about, be anxious
痒: yǎng · itch
债: zhài · debt, loan, liabilities

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