秀才遇到兵 xiùcaiyùdàobīng [xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonable Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 秀才 xiùcai imperial candidate A student who passed the county-level imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties; a 生员 shēngyuán遇到 yùdào verb + particle to encounter to meet; to run into; to come across兵 bīng noun soldier soldier; a rank-and-file member of the military