辨别 (辨別)
biàn bié
Pinyin

Definition

辨别 (辨別)
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biàn bié
  1. to differentiate
  2. to distinguish
  3. to discriminate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

分辨
fēn biàn
  1. 1 to distinguish
  2. 2 to differentiate
  3. 3 to resolve
分辨率
fēn biàn lǜ
  1. 1 resolution (of images, monitors, scanners etc)
明辨
míng biàn
  1. 1 to discern
  2. 2 to distinguish clearly
辨
biàn
  1. 1 to distinguish
  2. 2 to recognize
辨别
biàn bié
  1. 1 to differentiate
  2. 2 to distinguish
  3. 3 to discriminate

Idioms (5)

不辨菽麦
bù biàn shū mài
  1. 1 lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters
天差地別
tiān chā dì bié
  1. 1 poles apart (idiom)
  2. 2 as different as can be
明辨是非
míng biàn shì fēi
  1. 1 to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
是非莫辨
shì fēi mò biàn
  1. 1 unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
真伪莫辨
zhēn wěi mò biàn
  1. 1 can't judge true or false (idiom); unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake
  2. 2 not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)

Sample Sentences

他们摸黑辨别最无可替代的藏品，但只抢回“丢失遗产中的极小一部分”。
tāmen mōhēi biànbié zuì wúkětìdài de cángpǐn ，dàn zhǐ qiǎng huí “diūshī yíchǎn zhōng de jíxiǎo yībùfen ”。
They groped in the dark to find the most irreplaceable collection, but only managed to salvage "a small part of the lost heritage."
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