马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富 in English ma3 wu2 ye4 cao3 bu4 fei2 , ren2 wu2 wai4 kuai4 bu4 fu4 Meaning

Meanings

• a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

ma3 wu2 ye4 cao3 bu4 fei2 , ren2 wu2 wai4 kuai4 bu4 fu4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

马ma3surname Ma 无wu2not to have 夜ye4variant of 夜[ye4] 草cao3variant of 草[cao3] 不bu4(negative prefix) 肥fei2fat ， 人ren2man 无wu2not to have 外wai4outside 快kuai4rapid 不bu4(negative prefix) 富fu4surname Fu