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')

Contained in

• 辩才无碍(辯才無礙) able to speak eloquently ; supreme eloquence ; unhindered eloquence; able to distinguish subtle points in Buddhist teachings
• 四无碍辩(四無礙辯) the four unhindered powers of understanding
• 辩才天女(辯才天女) Sarasvati
• 辩正论(辯正論) Bian Zheng Lun
• 观其存篇古今可辩(觀其存篇古今可辯) observing the surviving fragments, old and new can be distinguished
• 大辩天(大辯天) Sarasvati Devi; Saraswati
• 辩弘(辯弘) Bianhong
• 乐说辩才(樂說辯才) joyfully taught the Dharma with eloquence
• 四辩(四辯) the four unhindered powers of understanding
• 辩显密二教论(辯顯密二教論) Benkenmitsu nikyō ron; The Difference Between Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism
• 世智辩聪(世智辯聰) philosophy
• 无垢施菩萨应辩会(無垢施菩薩應辯會) Vimaladattāparipṛcchā; Wu Gou Shi Pusa Yin Bian Hui
• 明辩(明辯) Bhavyaviveka; Bhavya
• 十门辩惑论(十門辯惑論) Shi Men Bian Huo Lun
• 大辩才功德天(大辯才功德天) Sarasvati
• 清辩(清辯) Bhāviveka
• 辩中边论颂(辯中邊論頌) Madhyāntavibhāṅgakārikā; Bian Zhong Bian Lun Song
• 世智辩聪难(世智辯聰難) birth as a philosopher
• 智辩聪明决定(智辯聰明決定) profound discernment
• 辩意长者子经(辯意長者子經) Pratibhānamatiparipṛcchā; Bian Yi Zhangzhe Zi Jing
• 真理的思辩(真理的思辯) Contemplation of Truth

Also contained in

雄辩家 、 控辩交易 、 辩词 、 答辩 、 无罪抗辩 、 诡辩术 、 强辩 、 抗辩 、 辩驳 、 辩难 、 辩白 、 辩别 、 辩明 、 辩论会 、 分辩 、 辩证思惟 、 狡辩 、 诡辩家 、 提出抗辩 、 申辩 、 辩证法 、 巧辩 、 辩证唯物主义 、 强辩到底 、 控辩 、 刘辩 、 惩辩 、 辩士 、 辩答 、 诡辩

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 智辩 (智辯) 以己智辯言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 7
• 辩慧 (辯慧) 辯慧顯深義 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 36 — count: 7
• 法辩 (法辯) 法辯 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
• 机辩 (機辯) 機辯精微 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 6
• 辞辩 (辭辯) 辭辯 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — 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