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人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥

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

13-character word Traditional 人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥

What 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥 means

1. (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed

The characters in 人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥

• 人rénperson; people
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 财cáimoney; wealth; riches
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 夜yènight
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 肥féifat; fertile; loose-fitting or large