debate; argument; to argue over; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]

(law) the defense

to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself

a dispute; to wrangle

to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses

defender; defending counsel

to defend oneself; to rebut a charge

to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation

to counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort; to plead; to demur; a plea (of not guilty); a defense (against an allegation); to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)

to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss

variant of 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4]

to explain the facts; to defend against an accusation

to analyze; to explain

eloquent; good at arguing

argumentative; quarrelsome

to argue skillfully or plausibly; rhetoric

to try to make one's case using false arguments

the prosecution and the defense (law)

written confession; letter of repentance

to argue

specious arguments; sophistry

to argue; to dispute

variant of 辨別|辨别[bian4 bie2]

eloquent person; person with rhetoric skills

debater; debate team member

eloquence

to explain clearly; to elucidate

Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記|大唐西域记[Da4 Tang2 Xi1 yu4 Ji4]

to offer an explanation; to plead innocence; to try to defend oneself

to argue (that); to allege; to dispute; to plead (e.g. not guilty)

a reply (in debate)

to investigate; dialectical

an excuse

to debate; to refute

to debate; to argue

an excuse

to debate; to retort; to refute

to dispute; to refute

eloquent; oratory; rhetoric

sophist; one who relies on specious arguments

specious arguments; sophistry

Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)

defender; apologist

dialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate

orator

peremptory; not to be denied; not brooking argument

filibuster

to argue endlessly; to try to have the last word

plea bargaining; plea agreement