辩 (辯) biàn

1. biàn verb to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 辩驳 'dispute' (Guoyu '辯' v 1; Kroll 2015 '辯' 1, p. 22; Unihan '辯')
2. biàn verb to differentiate; to distinguish; to discriminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 判别 or 分别 (Guoyu '辯' v 2)
3. biàn verb to change
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 变 (Guoyu '辯' v 3; Kroll 2015 '辯' 3, p. 22)
4. biàn adjective eloquent; good at
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 辩才无碍 'able to speak eloquently' (Guoyu '辯' v 3; Kroll 2015 '辯' 2, p. 22)
5. biàn noun pleasant but unrealistic speech
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 巧言 (Guoyu '辯' n 1)
6. biàn noun debate
   Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: As a literary genre (Guoyu '辯' n 2)

Contained in

• 辩证唯物主义(辯證唯物主義) dialectical materialism
• 辩证思惟(辯證思惟) dialectical thinking
• 激辩(激辯) to debate
• 辩白(辯白) to offer an explanation; to plead innocence; to try to defend oneself
• 辩明(辯明) to explain clearly; to elucidate
• 辩争(辯爭) to argue; to dispute
• 辩士(辯士) an orator; a rhetorician
• 争辩(爭辯) a dispute; to wrangle
• 辩认(辯認) to distinguish; to identify
• 诡辩术(詭辯術) specious arguments; sophistry
• 服辩(服辯) a written confession; a letter of repentance
• 辩论会(辯論會) a debate
• 能言善辩(能言善辯) glib of tongue; eloquent
• 辩辞(辯辭) an excuse
• 分辩(分辯) to explain; to defend oneself; to distinguish
• 无罪抗辩(無罪抗辯) plea of not guilty
• 提出抗辩(提出抗辯) to plead (not guilty); to enter a plea
• 事实胜于雄辩(事實勝於雄辯) Facts speak louder than words.
• 雄辩(雄辯) eloquent; oratory; rhetoric
• 辩称(辯稱) to argue (that); to allege; to dispute; to plead (e.g. not guilty)
• 巧辩(巧辯) to argue skillfully ; to argue tenaciously
• 辩别(辯別) to differentiate; to distinguish; to discriminate
• 雄辩家(雄辯家) orator
• 辩护士(辯護士) defender; apologist
• 辩护人(辯護人) defender; defending counsel
• 辩难(辯難) to debate; to retort; to refute
• 辩证法(辯證法) Socratic method of debate ; dialectics
• 诡辩家(詭辯家) sophist; one who relies on specious arguments
• 辩词(辯詞) an excuse
• 辩证(辯證) to investigate; to discriminate ; dialectical; investigation
• 控辩协议(控辯協議) plea bargain
• 诡辩(詭辯) specious arguments; sophistry
• 好辩(好辯) argumentative; quarrelsome
• 辩答(辯答) a reply (in debate)
• 伏辩(伏辯) a written confession; a letter of repentance
• 强辩(強辯) to strenuously debate; to obstinately argue
• 辩人(辯人) an orator
• 狡辩(狡辯) to quibble
• 控辩(控辯) the prosecution and the defense
• 辩才(辯才) eloquence
• 辩护(辯護) to speak in defense of ; to defend [in a law case]
• 强辩到底(強辯到底) to argue endlessly; to try to have the last word
• 善辩(善辯) eloquent; good at arguing
• 辩诬(辯誣) to debate; to refute
• 辩解(辯解) to explain; to justify
• 控辩交易(控辯交易) plea bargaining; plea agreement
• 辩论(辯論) to debate
• 惩辩(懲辯) to punish strictly

Also contained in

辩机 、 九辩 、 刘辩

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Truncated for common words

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• 卷六十三　列傳第五十三 王神念 羊侃 羊鴉仁 Volume 63 Biographies 53: Wang Shennian, Yang Kan, Yang Ren History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 80
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• 卷五 本紀第五 元帝 Volume 5: Emperor Yuan Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 26
• 卷三十　　列傳第十八:　盧玄 盧柔 盧觀 盧同 盧誕 Volume 30 Biographies 18: Lu Xuan, Lu Rou, Lu Guan, Lu Tong, Lu Dan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 26
• 卷八　　梁本紀下第八　簡文帝 元帝 敬帝 Volume 8 :Liang Annals 3: Emperor Jianwen, Emperor Yuan, Emperor Jing History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 25
• 卷八十　　列傳第七十 賊臣 Volume 80 Biographies 70: Treacherous Officials History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 23
• 卷六十七　列傳第五十七 胡穎 徐度 杜稜 周鐵武 程靈洗 沈恪 陸子隆 錢道戢 駱文牙 孫瑒 徐世譜 周敷 荀朗 周炅 魯悉達 蕭摩訶 任忠 樊毅 Volume 67 Biographies 57: Hu Ying, Xu Du, Du Leng, Zhou Tiewu, Cheng Lingxi, Shen Ke, Lu Zilong, Qian Daoji, Luo Wenya, Sun Yang, Xu Shipu, Zhou Fu, Xun Lang, Zhou Jiong, Lu Xida, Xiao Mohe, Ren Zhong, Fan Yi History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 23
• 卷六十四　列傳第五十四 江子一 胡僧祐 徐文盛 陰子春 杜崱 王琳 張彪 Volume 64 Biographies 54: Jiang Ziyi, Hu Sengyou, Xu Wencheng, Yin Zichun, Du Zewang, Lin Zhangbiao History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 23
• 卷一 本紀第一: 高祖上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 20

Collocations

• 辩献 (辯獻) 辯獻卿 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 7
• 辩受 (辯受) 大夫辯受酬 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 4
• 辩慧 (辯慧) 辯慧之人 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同中 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior II — count: 4
• 辩智 (辯智) 辯智 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II — count: 4
• 小辩 (小辯) 圉小辯 — Guanzi 管子, 四時第四十 Chapter 40: The Four Seasons — count: 3
• 治辩 (治辯) 其治辯者其禮具 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 3
• 爵辩 (爵辯) 司正命執爵者爵辯 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites — count: 3
• 辩取 (辯取) 赞者辩取之 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮 第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 2
• 辩告 (辯告) 子師辯告諸婦諸母名 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 2
• 官辩 (官辯) 大夫任官辯事 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 2