辩证 biànzhèng to investigate
to investigate; dialectical
How to remember 辩证: 辩 to argue + 证 prove = to investigate.
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How it is used
- Dialectical - viewing things through opposing, interrelated sides - 辩证地看问题 (biànzhèng de kàn wèntí) to look at a problem dialectically.
- Strongly associated with philosophy (辩证法 dialectics; 辩证唯物主义 dialectical materialism) and "balanced, two-sided" thinking.
- In everyday use, 辩证 signals weighing pros and cons / seeing both sides, not one-sided judgment. A formal, intellectual register.