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  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
HSK 1
debate / argument / to argue over / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL: , 場|场
HSK 4
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  *服* | 服* | *服
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
HSK 6
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) / crux of an issue / main point in an argument / sticking point / deadlock in negotiations
HSK 7-9
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  *調* | 調* | *調
to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody
HSK 3
to try to make one's case using false arguments
expression of opinion / views / remarks / arguments
HSK 7-9
to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
rich / full / substantial / to enrich / to augment / to substantiate (an argument)
HSK 7-9
final conclusion / accepted argument
HSK 7-9
to prove a point / to expound on / to demonstrate or prove (through argument) / proof
HSK 7-9
to back sb up / to support sb in an argument / (lit. to beat nearby drum)
HSK 7-9
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument
to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)
to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative) / to marshal an argument
grounds (for an argument) / contention / thesis
the gist (of a text or argument) / the main points
to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats
(Internet slang) to bait others into an argument; to ragebait
strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom) / unreasonable remarks
to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior
to set forth one's view; to present one's argument / argument; line of reasoning
(computing) actual parameter; argument
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
argument / words / lips and tongue
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
lit. having presented a flawed argument, one has nothing further to add (idiom) / fig. unable to provide a convincing argument to support one's position / to not have a leg to stand on
main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
specious arguments / sophistry
spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer
HSK 7-9
to link up (disparate elements) / coherent (narrative, argument etc)
argument / line of reasoning / thesis / point (of discussion)
well-rounded argument / general survey
doctrine (esp. religious) / argumentation (in a speech or essay)
to pass an argument (computing) (abbr. for 傳遞參數|传递参数)
sophist / one who relies on specious arguments
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home / to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
fork (of a tree, road, argument etc) / bifurcation / fork junction
specious arguments / sophistry
to refute / to demolish (an argument, theory etc)
third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
(math.) argument / variable
circular argument / logical error consisting of begging the question / Latin: petitio principii
argument / debate / controversy
peremptory / not to be denied / not brooking argument
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc)
to have a falling out / to have a big argument
(idiom) (of an argument) not even worthy of a rebuttal
altercation; wrangle; angry argument
(math.) argument (of a logarithm)
(of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
perfectly sound proposition / unalterable truth / irrefutable argument
(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
fallacious reasoning / preposterous argument
argument / view (sometimes derogatory)
(computing) actual parameter; argument (abbr. for 實際參數|实际参数)
polar angle / argument (angle in polar coordinates)
argumentation
unrealistic argument / high flown and impractical opinion
fair argument / unbiased view
lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument)
subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument)
excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments


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