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秀才不出门,能知天下事
xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì
What 秀才不出门,能知天下事 means
- a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
The characters in 秀才不出门,能知天下事
- 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent…
- 才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
- 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
- 能néngcan; to be able to; might possibly
- 知zhīto know; to be aware
- 天tiānday; sky; heaven
- 下xiàdown; downwards; below
- 事shìmatter; thing; item
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