秀才不出門，能知天下事

See also: 秀才不出门，能知天下事

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄇㄣˊ , ㄋㄥˊ ㄓㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiùcái bù chūmén, néng zhī tiānxià shì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄇㄣˊ , ㄋㄥˊ ㄓㄊㄧㄢㄒㄧㄚˋ 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 mən³⁵⁻⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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

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