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 | matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||||
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| 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
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proverb
秀才不出門，能知天下事
- 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