"to argue needlessly" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 费口舌 費口舌 | to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining | syn | |
| 费唇舌 費唇舌 | to argue needlessly / to waste time explaining |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 理论 理論 | theory / CL:個|个[ge4] / to argue / to take notice of | syn | |
| 辩护 辯護 | to speak in defense of / to argue in favor of / to defend / to plead | syn | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) | syn | |
| 争论 爭論 | to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3] | syn | |
| 辩论 辯論 | debate / argument / to argue over / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] | syn | |
| 争执 爭執 | to dispute / to disagree / to argue opinionatedly / to wrangle | syn | |
| 嚷嚷 | to argue noisily / to shout / to make widely known / to reproach | syn | |
| 计较 計較 | to bother about / to haggle / to bicker / to argue / plan / stratagem | syn | |
| 讲理 講理 | to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable | syn | |
| 辩称 辯稱 | to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty) | ||
| 嚼舌 | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | syn | |
| 据理力争 據理力爭 | to contend on strong grounds / to argue strongly for what is right | ||
| 抬杠 抬槓 | to bicker / to argue for the sake of arguing / to carry on poles (together with sb else) / to carry a coffin on poles | syn | |
| 说理 說理 | to reason / to argue logically | syn | |
| 振振有词 振振有詞 | to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom) / to argue with the courage of one's convictions | syn | |
| 明言 | to say clearly / to argue clearly / to pronounce / pronounced | ||
| 辩 辯 | to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss | syn | |
| 阋 鬩 | to argue / to quarrel | ||
| 巧辩 巧辯 | to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric | syn | |
| 争长论短 爭長論短 | lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble / to argue over minor issues | syn | |
| 振振有辞 振振有辭 | 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 | ||
| 聚讼纷纭 聚訟紛紜 | (of a body of people) to offer all kinds of different opinions (idiom) / to argue endlessly | syn | |
| 博斗 博鬥 | to fight or argue on a blogging site (netspeak) | ||
| 嚼舌根 | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | ||
| 磨嘴 | to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather | ||
| 辩争 辯爭 | to argue / to dispute | ||
| 辩说 辯說 | to debate / to argue | ||
| 嚼舌头 嚼舌頭 | to gossip / to argue unnecessarily | ||
| 置辩 置辯 | to argue | syn | |
| 强辩到底 強辯到底 | to argue endlessly / to try to have the last word | ||
| 驳嘴 駁嘴 | (dialect) to argue / to quarrel | ||
| 比烂 比爛 | to compare two unsatisfactory things / to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism) / whataboutery |