虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 in English shi1 zi5 duo1 le5 bu4 yang3 , zhai4 duo1 le5 bu4 chou2 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically to be past worrying (about sth)

Pinyin

shi1 zi5 duo1 le5 bu4 yang3 , zhai4 duo1 le5 bu4 chou2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

虱shi1louse 子zi5son 多duo1many 了le5(completed action marker) 不bu4(negative prefix) 痒yang3variant of 癢|痒[yang3] ， 债zhai4debt 多duo1many 了le5(completed action marker) 不bu4(negative prefix) 愁chou2to worry about