秀才不出门，全知天下事

xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì

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

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Child Words of 秀才不出门，全知天下事

• 下 下 xià: down
• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 事 事 shì: matter
• 全 全 quán: all
• 出 出 chū: to go out
• 出门 出门 chū mén: to go out
• 天 天 tiān: day
• 天下 天下 tiān xià: land under heaven
• 才 才 cái: ability
• 全知 全知 quán zhī: omniscient
• 才不 才不 cái bù: by no means
• 知 知 zhī: to know
• 秀 秀 xiù: handsome
• 秀才 秀才 xiù cai: a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
• 门 门 mén: gate