秀才遇到兵——有理說不清

Chinese

		licentiate	to come across; to encounter; to have to come across; to encounter; to have; to meet with; to run into; to find	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike		to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational to be reasonable; to be well-founded; to be rational; reasonable; well-founded; rational	to be unable to speak clearly; to speak unclearly
trad. (秀才遇到兵——有理說不清)		秀才	遇到	兵	——	有理	說不清
simp. (秀才遇到兵——有理说不清)		秀才	遇到	兵	——	有理	说不清
Literally: “A scholar meets a foot soldier ― cannot use reason with him.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄩˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄥ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiùcái yùdào bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng [Phonetic: xiùcáiyùdàobīng,yóulǐshuōbùqīng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄩˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄧㄥ, ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowtsair yuhdaw bing, yeoulii shuobuhbu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòucái yùdào bing, yǒulǐ shuobùcing
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu4-tsʻai2 yü4-tao4 ping1- yu3-li3 shuo1-pu4-chʻing1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ y⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂwɔ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

秀才遇到兵——有理說不清

1. like talking to a wall