(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed
trad. 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥
Also written 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥【rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi】
Characters in this word
10人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
横
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horizontal, across, crosswise, horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters), to place (sth) flat (on a surface), to cross (a river, etc), in a jumble, chaotic, (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable, violent
- Pinyin
- héng
- Traditional
- 橫
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 25254 of 2500
财
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money, wealth, riches, property, valuables
- Pinyin
- cái
- Traditional
- 財
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 26346 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
富
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surname Fu
- Pinyin
- Fù
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 13136 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
夜
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variant of 夜[ye4]
- Pinyin
- yè
- Traditional
- 亱
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4459 of 2500
草
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variant of 草[cao3]
- Pinyin
- cǎo
- Traditional
- 艸
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4715 of 2500
肥
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fat, fertile, loose-fitting or large, to fertilize, to become rich by illegal means, fertilizer, manure
- Pinyin
- féi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8295 of 2500