秀才不出門，能知天下事

See also: 秀才不出门，能知天下事

Chinese

		licentiate	not; no	to go out; outside		ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	to know; to be aware	under heaven; the world; everything under the sky under heaven; the world; everything under the sky; all under heaven	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (秀才不出門，能知天下事)		秀才	不	出門	，	能	知	天下	事
simp. (秀才不出门，能知天下事)		秀才	不	出门	，	能	知	天下	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄋㄥˊ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄇㄣˊ , ㄋㄥˊ ㄓ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòucái bù chumén, néng jhih tiansià shìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-tsʻai² pu⁴ chʻu¹-mên², nêng² chih¹ tʻien¹-hsia⁴ shih⁴
    • Yale: syòu-tsái bù chū-mén-, néng jr̄ tyān-syà shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowtsair bu chumen, neng jy tianshiah shyh
    • Palladius: сюцай бу чумэнь, нэн чжи тянься ши (sjucaj bu čumɛnʹ, nɛn čži tjanʹsja ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ mən³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Proverb

1. Even if a (true) scholar never leaves his house, he can know about everything under the heavens (if he reads and studies enough).

Synonyms

• 秀才不出門，全知天下事／秀才不出门，全知天下事 (xiùcái bù chūmén, quán zhī tiānxià shì)
• 秀才不出門，而知天下事／秀才不出门，而知天下事