秀才不出门，能知天下事

Traditional: 秀才不出門，能知天下事

xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì

Dictionary entry

a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

What does 秀才不出门，能知天下事 mean?

秀才不出门，能知天下事 (xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

Character breakdown

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秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful · (bound form) superior; excellent 才cáiability; talent · sb of a certain type 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 门Ménsurname Men 能Néngsurname Neng 知zhīto know · to be aware 天tiānday · sky

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How to pronounce 秀才不出门，能知天下事

秀才不出门，能知天下事

xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì

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