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debate / argument / to argue over / CL: 場|场,
HSK 4
(idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears; to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence
to argue / to dispute
an excuse
plea bargaining / plea agreement
to explain the facts / to defend against an accusation
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
a dispute / to wrangle
eloquent / good at arguing
to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead
HSK 7-9
to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric
to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
to explain / to justify / to defend (a point of view etc) / to provide an explanation / to try to defend oneself
HSK 7-9
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘, compiled by 辯機|辩机 in 646
to reply (to an accusation) / to defend one's dissertation
HSK 7-9
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  *辩* | 辩* | *辩
to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss
HSK 7-9
to investigate / dialectical
facts speak louder than words (idiom)
to debate / to retort / to refute
peremptory / not to be denied / not brooking argument
to explain clearly / to elucidate
eloquence
defender / apologist
Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘, author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记
(law) the defense
to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty)
to defend oneself / to rebut a charge
specious arguments / sophistry
plea of not guilty
written confession / letter of repentance
plea bargain (law)
glib of tongue (idiom) / eloquent
to dispute / to refute
dialectics / dialectic or Socratic method of debate
to try to make one's case using false arguments
filibuster
defender / defending counsel
eloquent / oratory / rhetoric
to argue endlessly / to try to have the last word
to offer an explanation / to plead innocence / to try to defend oneself
dialectical materialism
specious arguments / sophistry
orator
to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses
to argue
sophist / one who relies on specious arguments
to debate / to refute
to analyze / to explain
an excuse
the prosecution and the defense (law)
argumentative / quarrelsome
eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills
to debate; to argue
a reply (in debate)
Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
variant of 辨別|辨别
variant of 服辯|服辩


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