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笑貧不笑娼

简笑贫不笑娼 · 繁笑貧不笑娼

Mandarin · pinyin 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)

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4–2–4–4–1 · xiao4 pin2 bu4 xiao4 chang1

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siu3 pan4 bat1 siu3 coeng1

Cantonese word readings for 笑貧不笑娼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

siu3 pan4 bat1 siu3 coeng1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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