马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富
马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù
a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
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Traditional: 馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富
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- (idiom) a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
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一个巴掌拍不响(yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng)— lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
→一木难支(yī mù nán zhī)— lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
→为仁不富(wéi rén bù fù)— the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
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