xiù​cai​bù​chū​mén​néng​zhī​tiān​xià​shì

a scholar can know everything without traveling

  • created sense approved 秀才不出门,能知天下事/秀才不出門,能知天下事 · xiù​cai​bù​chū​mén​néng​zhī​tiān​xià​shì · a scholar can know everything without traveling — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秀才不出门,能知天下事 / 秀才不出門,能知天下事

    xiù​cai​bù​chū​mén​néng​zhī​tiān​xià​shì

    a scholar can know everything without traveling

    a person of learning can know everything happening in the world even without leaving home; it suggests that through books and study one can gain broad knowledge of the world

    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) 能 (literal) → 能 · néng · can 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 天下事 (literal) → 天下事 · tiān​xià​shì · everything

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