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

  • created sense approved 秀才不出门，全知天下事/秀才不出門，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 — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秀才不出门，全知天下事 / 秀才不出門，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

    a scholar or learned person knows everything going on in the world without ever having to step outside

    秀才 (literal) → 秀才 · xiù​cai · imperial candidate 不出门 (literal) → 不出门/不出門 · bù​chū​mén · to stay indoors ， (non_chinese) 全知 (literal) → 全知 · quán​zhī · omniscient 天下事 (literal) → 天下事 · tiān​xià​shì · everything

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