秀才不出门，能知天下事

xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì

Definitions

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

Child Words of 秀才不出门，能知天下事

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