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笑贫不笑娼

Word

the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty

Traditional
笑貧不笑娼

xiào pín bù xiào chāng

xiao4pin2bu4xiao4chang1

Meaning

  1. the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty CC-CEDICT
  2. lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom) CC-CEDICT

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笑xiào贫pín不bù娼chāng
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