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争辩

zhēng biàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 爭辯

争辩 (zhēng biàn) means "a dispute; to wrangle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 争辩 means

1. a dispute
2. to wrangle

The characters in 争辩

• 争zhēngto strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 辩biànto dispute; to debate; to argue

Example sentences

• 和她争辩是没用的。
  Hé tā zhēngbiàn shì méiyòng de.
  It's no use arguing with her.
• 我无意争辩你的理论。
  Wǒ wúyì zhēngbiàn nǐ de lǐlùn.
  I have no intention in arguing about your theory.
• 我们在世界人口问题上争辩了一番。
  Wǒmen zàishì jiè rénkǒu wèntí shàng zhēngbiàn le yī fān.
  We debated on the question of world population.
• 不要同一个傻瓜争辩、否则别人会搞不清到底谁是傻瓜。
  Don't argue with an idiot, or else people might not be sure which of you is really the idiot.

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