秀才不出门，全知天下事 in English xiu4 cai5 bu4 chu1 men2 , quan2 zhi1 tian1 xia4 shi4 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

秀 才 不 出 门 ， 全 知 天 下 事

Traditional Characters

秀 才 不 出 門 ， 全 知 天 下 事

Pinyin

xiu4 cai5 bu4 chu1 men2 , quan2 zhi1 tian1 xia4 shi4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

秀xiu4handsome 才cai2ability 不bu4(negative prefix) 出chu1to go out 门men2surname Men ， 全quan2surname Quan 知zhi1to know 天tian1day 下xia4down 事shi4matter