辩 biàn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 辛 — bitter
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
辩解
biànjiě
to explain; to justify oneself
Characters in this word
解 jiě
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 角 — angle, corner
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他试图为自己的迟到辩解，但会议记录清楚显示他早已收到通知。 Tā shìtú wèi zìjǐ de chídào biànjiě, dàn huìyì jìlù qīngchǔ xiǎnshì tā zǎo yǐ shōudào tōngzhī. He tried to justify his lateness, but the meeting record clearly showed that he had received the notice long before.
- 事情已经很清楚了，你不用再辩解了。 Shìqíng yǐjīng hěn qīngchu le, nǐ bú yòng zài biànjiě le. The matter is already clear, so you don't need to make any more excuses.
- 孩子打碎了杯子，低着头小声辩解说不是故意的。 Háizi dǎsuì le bēizi, dīzhe tóu xiǎoshēng biànjiě shuō bú shì gùyì de. The child broke the cup and, head lowered, quietly protested that it wasn't on purpose.
Related words
- 辩论 biànlùn to debate
- 辩 biàn to argue; to debate; to defend
- 辩护 biànhù to defend; defence
- 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
- 解决 jiějué to solve
- 解开 jiěkāi to untie; to undo
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 解释 jiěshì to explain; explanation
- 了解 liǎojiě to understand; to know about