抗辩 | kàng biàn | 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) | |
谏 | jiàn | to remonstrate / to admonish | |
规谏 | guī jiàn | to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort |