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笑贫不笑娼

xiào pín bù xiào chāng

Definitions

  • •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)

Child Words of 笑贫不笑娼

娼
chāng
笑
xiào
不
bù
贫
pín