Definition

1. Verb:
   • To explain or to justify: To provide reasons, arguments, or a logical account in order to make something clear or to defend a position, often in the context of clarifying a complex or questionable matter.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Khó có thể biện giải cho điều vô lý ấy. (It is hardly possible to explain/justify that absurdity.)
  • Anh ấy cố gắng biện giải cho hành động của mình. (He tried to justify his actions.)
  • Lý thuyết đó biện giải cho các hiện tượng tự nhiên phức tạp. (That theory explains complex natural phenomena.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, academic, or serious contexts to denote a thorough, reasoned explanation, often involving argumentation or defense of a viewpoint.

Variants and Related Words

• Biện minh (v): To vindicate, to defend with reasons; often implies a stronger sense of defending against blame.
• Giải thích (v): To explain; a more general and common term without the connotation of justification.

Synonyms

• Explain: To make clear or understandable.
• Justify: To show or prove to be right or reasonable.
• Rationalize: To attempt to explain or justify with logical reasons, even if they are not the true motives.

Related Idioms

• While "biện giải" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in contexts similar to the English phrase "to account for."
  • Phải biện giải cho mọi quyết định. (One must account for every decision.)

1. Explain, reason
   • Khó có thể biện giải cho điều vô lý ấy
     It is hardly possible to explain this absurdity