笑貧不笑娼

siu3 pan4 bat1 siu3 coeng1

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

笑貧不笑娼Traditional · Main Form
笑贫不笑娼Alternate Form

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