辩 (辯) biàn

  1. biàn verb to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 辩驳 'dispute' (Guoyu '辯' v 1; Kroll 2015 '辯' 1, p. 22; Unihan '辯')
  2. biàn verb to differentiate; to distinguish; to discriminate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 判别 or 分别 (Guoyu '辯' v 2)
  3. biàn verb to change
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 变 (Guoyu '辯' v 3; Kroll 2015 '辯' 3, p. 22)
  4. biàn adjective eloquent; good at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 辩才无碍 'able to speak eloquently' (Guoyu '辯' v 3; Kroll 2015 '辯' 2, p. 22)
  5. biàn noun pleasant but unrealistic speech
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 巧言 (Guoyu '辯' n 1)
  6. biàn noun debate
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
    Notes: As a literary genre (Guoyu '辯' n 2)
  7. biàn adjective eloquent; sarasvati
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sarasvatī (BCSD '辯', p. 1140; MW 'sarasvatī')

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