中文 Chinese

• 笑貧不笑娼
• 笑贫不笑娼

英文 English Explain:

• 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)

笑貧不笑娼 笑贫不笑娼 English Pronunciation:

• [xiao4 pin2 bu4 xiao4 chang1]