秀才不出门，能知天下事

Traditional form:

秀才不出門，能知天下事

Pinyin (reading):

xiùcaibùchūmén,néngzhītiānxiàshì

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 秀 - elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
• 才 - ability, talent, gift; just, only
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
• 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

Traditional characters:

• 秀 - elegant, graceful, refined; flowing, luxuriant
• 才 - ability, talent, gift; just, only
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 門 - gate, door, entrance, opening
• 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
• 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident