xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng

[xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonable

Senses

秀才遇到兵 xiù​cai​yù​dào​bīng [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

References

same_as 秀才遇到兵/秀才遇到兵 秀才遇到兵,有理说不清/秀才遇到兵,有理說不清