反驳
fǎnbó
to refute; to rebut
Characters in this word
驳 bó
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- Made of
- 马 horse 爻 diagrams for divination
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对质疑，教授没有急着反驳，而是先要求对方给出完整证据。 Miànduì zhíyí, jiàoshòu méiyǒu jí zhe fǎnbó, ér shì xiān yāoqiú duìfāng gěi chū wánzhěng zhèngjù. Faced with doubts, the professor did not rush to refute them, but first asked the other side to provide complete evidence.
- 他的观点很有道理，我一时想不出怎么反驳。 Tā de guāndiǎn hěn yǒu dàolǐ, wǒ yìshí xiǎng bù chū zěnme fǎnbó. His view makes a lot of sense, and I cannot think how to rebut it right now.
- 面对批评，她没有生气，而是平静地反驳。 Miànduì pīpíng, tā méiyǒu shēngqì, ér shì píngjìng de fǎnbó. Faced with criticism, she did not get angry but calmly replied with her objections.
Related words
- 反对 fǎnduì to oppose
- 反复 fǎnfù again and again
- 反应 fǎnyìng to react
- 反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
- 反 fǎn opposite; reversed
- 反而 fǎn'ér instead; on the contrary
- 反映 fǎnyìng to report; to reflect
- 相反 xiāngfǎn opposite
- 违反 wéifǎn to violate; to go against
- 反馈 fǎnkuì to give feedback
- 反思 fǎnsī to reflect, to think back
- 反差 fǎnchā contrast; disparity