答辩
dábiàn
to defend a thesis; to answer questions in a defence
Characters in this word
辩 biàn
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 辛 — bitter
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这篇博士论文虽然资料扎实，但答辩时仍被追问了研究方法的局限。 Zhè piān bóshì lùnwén suīrán zīliào zhāshi, dàn dábiàn shí réng bèi zhuīwèn le yánjiū fāngfǎ de júxiàn. Although this doctoral thesis was well supported by materials, the candidate was still pressed during the defence about the limits of the research method.
- 明天下午她要参加毕业论文答辩，今晚紧张得睡不着。 Míngtiān xiàwǔ tā yào cānjiā bìyè lùnwén dábiàn, jīnwǎn jǐnzhāng de shuì bù zháo. Tomorrow afternoon she defends her graduation thesis, and tonight she is too nervous to sleep.
- 答辩时老师提了很多问题，他都回答得很清楚。 Dábiàn shí lǎoshī tí le hěn duō wèntí, tā dōu huídá de hěn qīngchu. During the defence the teachers asked many questions, and he answered all of them clearly.
Related words
- 回答 huídá to answer; answer
- 答应 dāying to agree; to promise
- 答案 dá'àn answer
- 报答 bàodá to repay someone's kindness
- 答 dá to answer
- 答复 dáfù to reply
- 解答 jiědá to answer, to explain
- 辩论 biànlùn to debate
- 辩 biàn to argue; to debate; to defend
- 辩护 biànhù to defend; defence
- 辩解 biànjiě to explain; to justify oneself
- 辩证 biànzhèng dialectical; to analyse dialectically