不乾不淨，吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng ， chī le méi bìng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
淨 jìng pure, clean, unspoiled
吃 chī
HSK 1
eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear
了 le
HSK 1
to finish; particle of completed action
沒 méi not, have not, none; to drown, sink
病 bìng
HSK 2
illness, sickness, disease