- 秀才人情 xiùcairénqíng scholar's gifta modest gift such as a book, poem, or painting, which is culturally refined but costs little to provide
- 女秀才 nǚxiùcái talented womanA woman praised for her literary talent or knowledge of the classics; a female scholar
- 秀才遇到兵 xiùcaiyùdàobīng [xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonableA scholar meeting a soldier; a common saying used to describe a situation where a reasonable person cannot communicate with or talk sense into someone who is being stubborn, crude, or unreasonable
- 秀才遇到兵，有理说不清 xiùcaiyùdàobīngyǒulǐshuōbùqīng reasoning with the unreasonableit is impossible to reason with a person who only respects brute force; an educated person cannot get their point across to a soldier or an unreasonable person
- 秀才不出门，能知天下事 xiùcaibùchūménnéngzhītiānxiàshì a scholar can know everything without travelinga person of learning can know everything happening in the world even without leaving home; it suggests that through books and study one can gain broad knowledge of the world
- 秀才不出门，全知天下事 xiùcaibùchūménquánzhītiānxiàshì a scholar knows the world's news without leaving homea scholar or learned person knows everything going on in the world without ever having to step outside
