不干不净，吃了没病

bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 不干不净，吃了没病

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 干 干 gān: dry
• 了 了 le: (completed action marker)
• 吃 吃 chī: to eat
• 干 干 gàn: tree trunk
• 没 没 méi: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 没 没 mò: drowned
• 净 净 jìng: clean
• 病 病 bìng: illness
• 了 了 liǎo: (of eyes) bright
• 不干不净 不干不净 bù gān bù jìng: unclean