biànlùn

  female

  male

T : 辯論

S : 辩论

Example Sentences

T 就這個問題掀起了一場激烈的辯論。
S 就这个问题掀起了一场激烈的辩论。

jiù zhège wèntí xiānqǐle yī chǎng jīliè de biànlùn.

This question set off a fierce debate.

T 由於Barack Obama超凡的口才，在這次辯論中他叱咤風雲，得到一陣陣的掌聲。
S 由于Barack Obama超凡的口才，在这次辩论中他叱咤风云，得到一阵阵的掌声。

yóuyú Barack Obama chāofán de kǒucái ，zài zhè cì biànlùn zhòng tā chìzhà fēngyún ，dédào yīzhènzhèn de zhǎngshēng.

As a result of Barack Obama's extraordinary eloquence, he is earth-shaking in this debate, and receives a burst of applause.

(Apologies for the bias ;)

Lessons Related to 辩论 biànlùn:

Newbie - Lying in Chinese

Newbie - Street Argument

Upper Intermediate - Capital Punishment

Upper Intermediate - Opening a Meeting

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/chinese-language-ever-evolving/

Cut and paste the above link from the NYTimes about the on going debate about the future of Chinese written script.

In Tal's racism post, there has been some debate about using too much English here at Chinesepod.  Actually, I would like to have more conversations in Chinese, but these two factors have turned me off in the past:

• Sometimes my Chinese comments are totally ignored.
• I don't like entering a conversation/debate that keeps switching between Chinese and English.

I think we can agree, a group that communicates totally in 汉子 would solve both problems.

So what I am asking is:

• Are there others that would be interested in such a group?
• How to structure the group so that people continuously stay involved in it (i.e. I don't want to start something that will fizzle in a week or two)?

Sadly, I have to head for work now, so I won't be able to add feedback till possibly, gulp, tomorrow, but I would really like to hear what people have to say.