秀才 xiùcái

  1. xiùcái noun a talented person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 美才 (CC-CEDICT '秀才'; Guoyu '秀才' 1)
  2. xiùcái noun a person who has passed the imperial exams at the county level
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '秀才'; Guoyu '秀才' 2)
  3. xiùcái noun a scholar
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 书生 (CC-CEDICT '秀才'; Guoyu '秀才' 3)

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秀才不出门，能知天下事 、 秀才不出门，全知天下事

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  • Scroll 1 Da Hui Pu Jue Chan Shi Zong Men Wu Ku 大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 — count: 5
  • Scroll 6 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 10 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Bian Wei Lu 辯偽錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 4 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 拙秀才 (拙秀才) 豈不是張拙秀才 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 8
  • 秀才云 (秀才雲) 舉長慶問秀才云 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 举秀才 (舉秀才) 王密是震所舉秀才 — Jin Guangming Jing Xuan Yi Shi Yi Ji 金光明經玄義拾遺記, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 相州秀才 (相州秀才) 相州秀才儒林郎侯君素奉勅 — Records of the Three Treasures Throughout the Successive Dynasties 歷代三寶紀, Scroll 12 — count: 4
  • 问秀才 (問秀才) 舉長慶問秀才云 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 秀才儒林 (秀才儒林) 相州秀才儒林郎侯君素奉勅 — Records of the Three Treasures Throughout the Successive Dynasties 歷代三寶紀, Scroll 12 — count: 4
  • 一秀才 (一秀才) 舉睦州有一秀才相見 — Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 黄秀才 (黃秀才) 平自稱黃秀才謁瑯瑘 — Da Hui Pu Jue Chan Shi Zong Men Wu Ku 大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 年秀才 (年秀才) 其年秀才偽勅 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 29 — count: 2
  • 秀才问 (秀才問) 昔有秀才問長沙 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 17 — count: 2