无利不起早

(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so / won't lift a finger unless there's something in it for oneself

Characters and words in 无利不起早

= w + Ø2
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
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no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest
= li + Ø4
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
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= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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= qi + Ø3
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
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zǎo = z + ao3
early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely
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