人無橫財不富，馬無夜草不肥

人无横财不富，马无夜草不肥
rénwúhèngcáibùfù,mǎwúyècǎobùféi
(saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位
2 無 wú
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
3 橫財 hèngcái
  1. easy money
  2. windfall
  3. ill-gotten gains
  4. undeserved fortune
  5. illegal profit
4 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
5 富 fù
  1. rich
  2. abundant
  3. wealthy
6 馬 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹
7 無 wú
  1. not to have
  2. no
  3. none
  4. not
  5. to lack
  6. un-
  7. -less
=8 夜 yè variant of 夜 yè
=8 夜 yè night
=9 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=9 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根
10 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
11 肥 féi
  1. fat
  2. fertile
  3. loose-fitting or large
  4. to fertilize
  5. to become rich by illegal means
  6. fertilizer
  7. manure