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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  • Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 222
  • Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 214
  • Scroll 5 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 195
  • Scroll 6 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 167
  • Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 137
  • Scroll 3 Bodhisattvabuddhānusmṛtisamādhi (Pusa Nian Fo Sanmei Jing) 菩薩念佛三昧經 — count: 100
  • Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 94
  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 72
  • Scroll 15 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 58 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 9 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 57

Collocations

  • 失辩 (失辯) 失辯無言 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 11
  • 施辩 (施辯) 五者施辯 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 24 — count: 9
  • 辩无言 (辯無言) 失辯無言 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 8
  • 义辩 (義辯) 義辯 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 8
  • 辩慧 (辯慧) 辯慧顯深義 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 36 — count: 7
  • 智辩 (智辯) 以己智辯言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 7
  • 辞辩 (辭辯) 辭辯 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 6
  • 法辩 (法辯) 法辯 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
  • 精进辩 (精進辯) 其一比丘名精進辯 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 6 — count: 6
  • 机辩 (機辯) 機辯精微 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 6