"Argue" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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理论 lǐ lùn theory / CL:個|个[ge4] / to argue / to take notice of
争论 zhēng lùn to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
计较 jì jiào to bother about / to haggle / to bicker / to argue / plan / stratagem
辩称 biàn chēng to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty)
讲理 jiǎng lǐ to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable
辩 biàn to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss
阋 xì to argue / to quarrel
驳嘴 bó zuǐ (dialect) to argue / to quarrel
辩争 biàn zhēng to argue / to dispute
辩说 biàn shuō to debate / to argue
置辩 zhì biàn to argue
争执 zhēng zhí to dispute / to disagree / to argue opinionatedly / to wrangle
辩论 biàn lùn debate / argument / to argue over / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
辩护 biàn hù to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead
嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily / to shout / to make widely known / to reproach
说理 shuō lǐ to reason / to argue logically
明言 míng yán to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced
抬杠 tái gàng to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles
据理力争 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds / to argue strongly for what is right
振振有词 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom) / to argue with the courage of one's convictions
嚼舌 jiáo shé to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
强辩 qiǎng biàn to argue strenuously or with sophistry / to quibble
争 zhēng to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)
一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi to lower oneself to sb's level / to argue with sb less well-informed
振振有辞 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom) / to argue with the courage of one's convictions / also written 振振有詞|振振有词
争长论短 zhēng cháng lùn duǎn lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / to quibble / a storm in a teacup
聚讼纷纭 jù sòng fēn yún (of a body of people) to offer all kinds of different opinions (idiom) / to argue endlessly
巧辩 qiǎo biàn to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric
博斗 bó dòu to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak)
嚼舌根 jiáo shé gēn to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
磨嘴 mó zuǐ to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather
费口舌 fèi kǒu shé to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining
嚼舌头 jiáo shé tóu to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
强辩到底 qiǎng biàn dào dǐ to argue endlessly / to try to have the last word
比烂 bǐ làn to compare two unsatisfactory things / to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism) / whataboutery
费唇舌 fèi chún shé to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining
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