秀才不出门，全知天下事
xiù​cai​bù​chū​mén​quán​zhī​tiān​xià​shì

a scholar knows the world's news without leaving home

  1. 秀才 xiù​cai
    imperial candidate
    A student who passed the county-level imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties; a 生员 shēng​yuán
  2. 不出门 不出門 bù​chū​mén verb
    to stay indoors
    To not go out the door; to not leave one's home
  3. ， quán
    non-Chinese
  4. 全知 quán​zhī
    omniscient
    all-knowing; omniscience
  5. 天下事 tiān​xià​shì
    everything
    All the things in the world; everything under heaven