笑贫不笑娼

笑
笑
贫
貧
不
不
笑
笑
娼
娼
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)

Characters and words in 笑贫不笑娼

笑
咲
xiào = xi + ao4
old variant of 笑[xiao4]
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Add a new mnemonic for 笑 = 竹 + 夭
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笑
xiào = xi + ao4
laugh / smile / CL:個|个[ge4]
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笑
xiào = xi + ao4
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at
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贫
貧
pín = pi + (e)n2
poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous
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不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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娼
chāng = ch + ang1
prostitute
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