biàn

to dispute

to debate; to argue; to discuss

hardship (辛) + speech (讠) + hardship (辛) = argue from both sides

辛 originally depicted a tattooing needle — a symbol of hardship and punishment. Two sharp pressures flanking speech captures the friction and struggle of genuine debate.

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SpeechSemantic
HardshipSemantic

他们两个人为这件事争了很久。

tā men liǎng gè rén wèi zhè jiàn shì zhēng biàn le hěn jiǔ。

The two of them argued about this matter for a long time.

双方就这个问题展开了激烈的论。

shuāng fāng jiù zhè ge wèn tí zhǎn kāi le jī liè de biàn lùn。

Both sides launched into a heated debate over this issue.

Words with 辩

雄辩

xióng biàn

eloquent

雄辩家

xióng biàn jiā

orator

不容置辩

bù róng zhì biàn

peremptory

事实胜于雄辩

shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn

facts speak louder than words (idiom)

伏辩

fú biàn

variant of 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4]

冗长辩论

rǒng cháng biàn lùn

filibuster

分辩

fēn biàn

to explain the facts

剖辩

pōu biàn

to analyze

善辩

shàn biàn

eloquent

好辩

hào biàn

argumentative

巧辩

qiǎo biàn

to argue skillfully or plausibly

强辩

qiǎng biàn

to try to make one's case using false arguments

More characters with 辛