驳
bó
variant of 駁|驳[bo2]
horse (马) + sound (爻) = a dappled horse, to refute
马 grounds the character in horses — specifically a horse with mixed or patchy coloring, hence the extended meanings of variegated, contradictory, or to refute. 爻 is phonetic, lending a sound near bó without contributing to the meaning.
爻Lines of the trigramPhonetic
马HorseSemantic
他的理由很难驳。
tā de lǐ yóu hěn nán bó。
his reasoning is very hard to refute.
你能驳倒他的观点吗？
nǐ néng bó dǎo tā de guān diǎn ma？
can you refute his viewpoint?
Words with 驳
驳倒
bó dǎo
to refute
驳嘴
bó zuǐ
(dialect) to argue
驳回
bó huí
to reject
驳子
bó zi
to tow (a barge)
驳岸
bó àn
a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment
驳复
bó fù
to refute
驳斥
bó chì
to refute
驳正
bó zhèng
to refute and correct
驳壳枪
bó ké qiāng
Mauser pistol
驳船
bó chuán
barge; lighter
驳落
bó luò
to peel off
驳词
bó cí
a refutation (variant of 駁辭|驳辞[bo2 ci2])