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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 笑貧不笑娼 [ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄔㄤ; 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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