秀才遇到兵 xiùcaiyùdàobīng [xiehouyu] reasoning with the unreasonable Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 秀才遇到兵，有理说不清 xiùcaiyùdàobīngyǒulǐshuōbùqīng 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