人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥
rén​wú​hèng​cái​bù​fù​mǎ​wú​yè​cǎo​bù​féi

a person cannot get rich without windfalls

  • created sense approved 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥/人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥 · rén​wú​hèng​cái​bù​fù​mǎ​wú​yè​cǎo​bù​féi · a person cannot get rich without windfalls — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 / 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥

    rén​wú​hèng​cái​bù​fù​mǎ​wú​yè​cǎo​bù​féi

    a person cannot get rich without windfalls

    An old saying meaning that a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits or ill-gotten gains, just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed.

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 横财 (literal) → 横财/橫財 · hèng​cái · windfall 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 富 (literal) → 富 · fù · wealthy ， (non_chinese) 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 夜 (literal) → 夜 · yè · night 草 (literal) → 草 · cǎo · grass 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 肥 (literal) → 肥 · féi · fat

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