biàn lùn 
		debate
argument
to argue over
CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēn biàn 
		to explain the facts
to defend against an accusation
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dá biàn 
		to reply (to an accusation)
to defend one's dissertation
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			biàn zhèng 
		to investigate
dialectical
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn hù 
		to speak in defense of
to argue in favor of
to defend
to plead
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn jiě 
		to explain
to justify
to defend (a point of view etc)
to provide an explanation
to try to defend oneself
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn zhèng fǎ 
		dialectics
dialectic or Socratic method of debate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn 
		to dispute
to debate
to argue
to discuss
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kàng biàn 
		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)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn chēng 
		to argue (that)
to allege
to dispute
to plead (e.g. not guilty)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xióng biàn 
		eloquent
oratory
rhetoric
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēn biàn 
		to defend oneself
to rebut a charge
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn hù rén 
		defender
defending counsel
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn bié 
		to differentiate
to distinguish
to discriminate
also written 辨別|辨别
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guǐ biàn 
		specious arguments
sophistry
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn 
		Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kòng biàn 
		the prosecution and the defense (law)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			néng yán shàn biàn 
		glib of tongue (idiom)
eloquent
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn zhèng shī zhì 
		diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn rèn 
		to distinguish
to examine and recognize
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn bái 
		to offer an explanation
to plead innocence
to try to defend oneself
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			qiǎo biàn 
		to argue skillfully or plausibly
rhetoric
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn míng 
		to explain clearly
to elucidate
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tí chū kàng biàn 
		to plead (not guilty)
to enter a plea
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn nàn 
		to debate
to retort
to refute
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn shì 
		eloquent person
person with rhetoric skills
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàn zhě bù biàn , biàn zhě bù shàn 
		Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good (idiom, from Laozi 老子 81). Do not be taken in by appearances.
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guǐ biàn shù 
		specious arguments
sophistry
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			biàn cái tiān 
		Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù róng zhì biàn 
		peremptory
not to be denied
not brooking argument
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			guǐ biàn jiā 
		sophist
one who relies on specious arguments
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fú biàn 
		written confession
letter of repentance
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			kòng biàn jiāo yì 
		plea bargaining
plea agreement
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fú biàn 
		variant of 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4]