辩辞
biàn cí
Pinyin

Definition

辩辞
 - 
biàn cí
  1. an excuse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

争辩
zhēng biàn
  1. 1 a dispute
  2. 2 to wrangle
致辞
zhì cí
  1. 1 to express in words or writing
  2. 2 to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc)
  3. 3 to address (an audience)
  4. 4 same as 致詞|致词
言辞
yán cí
  1. 1 words
  2. 2 expression
  3. 3 what one says
辞
cí
  1. 1 to resign
  2. 2 to dismiss
  3. 3 to decline
  4. 4 to take leave
  5. 5 ballad (archaic poetic genre)
  6. 6 variant of 詞|词[cí]
辞去
cí qù
  1. 1 to resign
  2. 2 to quit
辞职
cí zhí
  1. 1 to resign
辩解
biàn jiě
  1. 1 to explain
  2. 2 to justify
  3. 3 to defend (a point of view etc)
  4. 4 to provide an explanation
  5. 5 to try to defend oneself
辩论
biàn lùn
  1. 1 debate
  2. 2 argument
  3. 3 to argue over
  4. 4 CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]
辩护
biàn hù
  1. 1 to speak in defense of
  2. 2 to argue in favor of
  3. 3 to defend
  4. 4 to plead
不辞而别
bù cí ér bié
  1. 1 to leave without saying good-bye
修辞
xiū cí
  1. 1 rhetoric
分辩
fēn biàn
  1. 1 to explain the facts
  2. 2 to defend against an accusation
告辞
gào cí
  1. 1 to say goodbye
  2. 2 to take one's leave
好辩
hào biàn
  1. 1 argumentative
  2. 2 quarrelsome
婉辞
wǎn cí
  1. 1 tactful expression
  2. 2 to politely decline
托辞
tuō cí
  1. 1 see 託詞|托词[tuō cí]
抗辩
kàng biàn
  1. 1 to counter accusations
  2. 2 to protest
  3. 3 to remonstrate
  4. 4 to retort
  5. 5 to plead
  6. 6 to demur
  7. 7 a plea (of not guilty)
  8. 8 a defense (against an allegation)
  9. 9 to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
推辞
tuī cí
  1. 1 to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
措辞
cuò cí
  1. 1 wording
  2. 2 way of expressing something
  3. 3 turn of phrase
  4. 4 diction
狡辩
jiǎo biàn
  1. 1 to quibble

Idioms (12)

一辞莫赞
yī cí mò zàn
  1. 1 left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
  1. 1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
在所不辞
zài suǒ bù cí
  1. 1 not to refuse to (idiom)
  2. 2 not to hesitate to
大放厥辞
dà fàng jué cí
  1. 1 great release of talk (idiom); to spout nonsense
振振有辞
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
  1. 1 to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
  2. 2 also written 振振有詞|振振有词
欲加之罪，何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
  1. 1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. 2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
义不容辞
yì bù róng cí
  1. 1 not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
  2. 2 incumbent
  3. 3 bounden (duty)
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
  1. 1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
能言善辩
néng yán shàn biàn
  1. 1 glib of tongue (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
万死不辞
wàn sǐ bù cí
  1. 1 ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
难辞其咎
nán cí qí jiù
  1. 1 cannot escape censure (idiom)
  2. 2 has to bear the blame

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