笑貧不笑娼 [－贫－－－]

Jyutping siu3 pan4 bat1 siu3 coeng1
Pinyin xiào pín bù xiào chāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
  2. lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    lit. despising poverty but not prostitution
  2. phrase
    the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty