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Definition(s) for: 笑贫不笑娼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笑贫不笑娼 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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Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - - 53,181

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
笑 xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
笑 xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
贫 pín- poor
- inadequate
- deficient
- garrulous
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
笑 xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
笑 xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
娼 chāng- prostitute

Other Words Containing 笑贫不笑娼

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo