Dictionary Entry: 笑贫不笑娼
Word
Pinyin
笑贫不笑娼
xiào pín bù xiào chāng
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty ꞏ lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty ꞏ lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
