横财

Traditional form:

橫財

Pinyin (reading):

hèngcái

Definitions:

• easy money
• windfall
• ill-gotten gains
• undeserved fortune
• illegal profit

Characters:

• 横 - horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
• 财 - riches, wealth, valuables

Traditional characters:

• 橫 - horizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
• 財 - riches, wealth, valuables