Chinese word dictionary

虱多不痒

shī duō bù yǎng · lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom); fig. to be past worrying (about sth)

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Word information

Simplified虱多不痒

Traditional蝨多不癢

Pinyinshī duō bù yǎng

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

虱shī

bug, louse, parasite

多duō

much, many, multi-; more than, over

不bù

not; no

痒yǎng

to itch; to tickle

How to learn 虱多不痒

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Words with the same characters

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不bù

no; not so; (bound form) not; un-

不客气búkèqi

you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt

不要búyào

don't!; must not

对不起duìbuqǐ

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

多duō

many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

多少duōshao

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?