秀才不出门，全知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén ， quán zhī tiān xià shì

know the world without leaving home

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
秀 xiù HSK 4
superior; handsome; refined
才 cai HSK 3
(indicating sth happening later than expected)
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
门 mén HSK 2
door; gate; doorway
全 quán HSK 4
all; whole; entire
知 zhī HSK 2
to know; to be aware
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
事 shì HSK 2
matter; thing; affair