人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥

Traditional form:

人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥

Pinyin (reading):

rénwúhèngcáibùfù,mǎwúyècǎobùféi

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 横 - horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
• 财 - riches, wealth, valuables
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 富 - abundant, ample; rich, wealthy
• 马 - horse; surname
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 肥 - fat, plump, obese; fertile

Traditional characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 橫 - horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
• 財 - riches, wealth, valuables
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 富 - abundant, ample; rich, wealthy
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 肥 - fat, plump, obese; fertile