秀才见了兵，有理说不清秀才見了兵，有理說不清秀才見了兵，有理説不清

a scholar meeting a soldier: right, but can't make it clear

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: A reasonable person facing a brutish, powerful one cannot get a hearing, however right. Sympathetic; often cited as 'when scholar meets soldier'.

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Simplified: 秀才见了兵，有理说不清
Traditional (Taiwan): 秀才見了兵，有理說不清
Traditional (Hong Kong): 秀才見了兵，有理説不清
Pinyin: xiùcai jiànle bīng, yǒulǐ shuōbùqīng
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄘㄞㄐㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄅㄧㄥ，ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄛㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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