虱多不痒 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore
• (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)

Character by character

• 虱shībug, louse, parasite
• 多duōmuch, many, multi-; more than, over
• 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
• 痒yǎngto itch; to tickle

Idioms sharing a character

• 不遑多让 bù huáng duō ràng
• 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
• 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
• 债多不愁 zhài duō bù chóu
• 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo
• 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo
• 博学多才 bó xué duō cái
• 博识多通 bó shí duō tōng
• 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō
• 命途多舛 mìng tú duō chuǎn

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