秀才不出門，能知天下事

sau3 coi4 bat1 ceot1 mun4 ，nang4 zi1 tin1 haa6 si6

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

秀才不出門，能知天下事Traditional · Main Form
秀才不出门，能知天下事Alternate Form

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