| 秀才不出门，全知天下事 |
xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì |
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) |
| 秀 |
xiù |
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears |
| 秀才 |
xiù cai |
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent |
| 才 |
cái |
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 才 |
cái |
(variant of 才) just now / (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 才不 |
cái bù |
by no means / definitely not / as if! / yeah right! |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 出门 |
chū mén |
to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 全 |
Quán |
surname Quan |
| 全 |
quán |
all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 全知 |
quán zhī |
omniscient |
| 知 |
zhī |
to know / to be aware |
| 天 |
tiān |
day / sky / heaven |
| 天下 |
tiān xià |
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule |
| 下 |
xià |
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action |
| 事 |
shì |
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件,桩,回 |