第三百六十天

[nnozomi]

语法
得 + verb phrase, "must ~~"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22must%22_with_%22dei%22
Note the pinyin in the link and the tags, NOT one of our favorite variations on 的得地 even though it's the same character! *sigh* (At least the grammar structure itself is straightforward)

词汇
边, side; 海边, seaside; 路边, roadside; 身边, at hand 边 biān, side; 海边 hǎibiān, seaside; 路边 lùbiān, roadside; 身边 shēnbiān, near at hand
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
I wonder what the difference is between 身边 and 身旁？

Introductory grammar, day 146

Guardian:
我还得回去报告呢, I still have to go back and report
你得先答应我, you must first promise me
就像我在你身边保护你一样, just as if I were by your side protecting you

Me:
我得起床早一点。
在路边有几只叫喵喵的小猫。

Comments

[presumenothing]

They're somewhat interchangeable, except that 身边 also covers less literal/immediate uses that 身旁 doesn't. To borrow the examples from this answer:

我身旁还有两个孩子 (there are physically two children next to me right now)

我身边还有两个孩子 (could also mean abstractly, e.g. two kids living with me but not necessarily here right now)

And also because it came up on shuffle while typing this, Zhou Shen's livestream concert last year was (punnily) titled 想到你“深”边, which is rather demonstrably appropriate since it's virtually 身边ing.

[trobadora]

Thank you for the explanation! So does that mean all those lyrics I keep hearing with 你在我身旁 (or vice versa) are about wanting someone right here right now, rather than, well, by your side in a more abstract/general sense?

Love the 深/身 pun! :D

[nnozomi]

身边 also covers less literal/immediate uses that 身旁 doesn't.
That makes sense, thank you!

想到你“深”边
太好了～