不干不净，吃了没病

Traditional form:

不乾不淨，吃了沒病

Pinyin (reading):

bùgānbùjìng,chīleméibìng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 净 - clean, pure; to cleanse
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 淨 - clean, pure, unspoiled
• 吃 - to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
• 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease