秀才遇到兵，有理说不清
xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng​yǒu​lǐ​shuō​bù​qīng

reasoning with the unreasonable

  • created sense approved 秀才遇到兵，有理说不清/秀才遇到兵，有理說不清 · xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng​yǒu​lǐ​shuō​bù​qīng · reasoning with the unreasonable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秀才遇到兵，有理说不清 / 秀才遇到兵，有理說不清

    xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng​yǒu​lǐ​shuō​bù​qīng

    reasoning with the unreasonable

    it 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

    秀才遇到兵 (literal) → 秀才遇到兵 · xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng · [xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonable ， (non_chinese) 有理 (literal) → 有理 · yǒu​lǐ · reasonable 说不清 (literal) → 说不清/說不清 · shuō​bu​qīng · cannot say for sure

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    created sense