辩 biàn
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- 辛 — bitter
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- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
辩
biàn
to argue; to debate; to defend
Character
Example phrases
- 事实已经摆在面前，再辩也无法改变调查结论。 Shìshí yǐjīng bǎi zài miànqián, zài biàn yě wúfǎ gǎibiàn diàochá jiélùn. The facts are already laid out; arguing further cannot change the investigation's conclusion.
- 他想辩几句，可是大家都不听。 Tā xiǎng biàn jǐ jù, kěshì dàjiā dōu bù tīng. He wanted to say a few words in his defence, but nobody listened.
- 真理越辩越明，大家不妨多讨论。 Zhēnlǐ yuè biàn yuè míng, dàjiā bùfáng duō tǎolùn. Truth grows clearer the more it is debated, so let's discuss more.
Related words
- 辩论 biànlùn to debate
- 辩护 biànhù to defend; defence
- 辩解 biànjiě to explain; to justify oneself
- 辩证 biànzhèng dialectical; to analyse dialectically
- 答辩 dábiàn to defend a thesis; to answer questions in a defence
- 争辩 zhēngbiàn to argue; to debate; to dispute
- 分歧 fēnqí divergence; disagreement
- 反驳 fǎnbó to refute; to rebut
- 表态 biǎotài to declare one's position; to make one's stance known
- 反问 fǎnwèn to ask back; rhetorical question
- 传言 chuányán rumour; hearsay; it is rumoured
- 陈述 chénshù to state; to present