like: bào chữa cho → →
plädieren für ☊ 
bào chữa cho ☊ 
为 ...辩护 ☊ wèi ..... biàn hù plädieren für ☊ bào chữa cho ☊ ☊ Auch sein Anwalt, der auf unschuldig plädierte, konnte ihm nicht helfen. ☊ Ngay cả luật sư, người bào chữa cho anh ta cũng không thể giúp gì được. ☊ (Lektion 63, Nr. 894) You don't have to make excuses for her (= try to think of reasons for her behaviour). ☊ excuse ☊
Nothing can excuse such rudeness. ☊ excuse ☊
He made up some excuse about his daughter being sick. ☊ make sth up ☊