xiào pín bù xiào chāng
Traditional: 笑貧不笑娼
笑贫不笑娼 (xiào pín bù xiào chāng) is a Chinese word meaning “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)”.
Meanings
- 1the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
- 2lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)