詭辯
guǐ​biàn

sophistry; to quibble

  • created reference approved 诡辩/詭辯 → 狡辩/狡辯 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诡辩 / 詭辯 guǐ​biàn

    狡辩 / 狡辯 jiǎo​biàn

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 诡辩/詭辯 · guǐ​biàn · sophistry; to quibble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    诡辩 / 詭辯

    guǐ​biàn

    sophistry; to quibble

    to use specious arguments or twist facts to defend an absurd position; clever but false reasoning

    诡 (literal) → 诡/詭 · guǐ · crafty 辩 (literal) → 辩/辯 · biàn · to debate

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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