笑貧不笑娼

xiao4 pin2 bu4 xiao4 chang1

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)

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笑貧不笑娼|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 ► lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)