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笑貧不笑娼

xiàopínbùxiàochāng

ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄤ

Simplified 笑贫不笑娼

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

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