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

a scholar can know everything without traveling

  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. ， néng
    non-Chinese
  4. 能 néng auxiliary
    can
    can; be able to; be capable of; to have the permission or possibility to do something
  5. 知 zhī verb
    to know
    to know; to be aware of; to realize or sense
  6. 天下事 tiān​xià​shì
    everything
    All the things in the world; everything under heaven