xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng

[xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonable

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[xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonable
A 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

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