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Meaning of 笑贫不笑娼

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笑 xiào 贫 pín 不 bù 笑 xiào 娼 chāng (Trad.: 笑貧不笑娼)
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)
Example Sentences
1
但如今
,
世道变了
。
大家笑贫不笑娼
。
They laugh at poor people, but they don't laugh at prostitutes.
2
原话是这么说的
,
现在是笑贫不笑娼的时代
。
His original words sound like that, now it is an age when poverty instead of prostitution is laughed at.
3
处在
「
笑贫不笑娼
」
社会里
,
我们求主让信徒心怀怜悯
,
同时能够坚守圣经的原则和立场
。
Let us pray for a compassionate heart and strong Biblical stand in a society that accepts that " prostitution is better than poverty ".