pàn

(bound form) side; edge; boundary

field (田) + half (半) = the edge of the field

A field split in half gives you the dividing line — the edge where one plot ends and another begins. 畔 captures that boundary, the margin between fields that marks where one thing stops.

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他们坐在湖看日落。

tā men zuò zài hú pàn kàn rì luò。

They sat by the lakeside watching the sunset.

的风景让人感到很平静。

hé pàn de fēng jǐng ràng rén gǎn dào hěn píng jìng。

The scenery by the riverside makes people feel very calm.

Words with 畔

埃文河畔斯特拉特福

āi wén hé pàn sī tè lā tè fú

Stratford-upon-Avon

江畔

jiāng pàn

riverbank

河畔

hé pàn

riverside

湖畔

hú pàn

lakeside

畔援

pàn yuán

domineering; tyrannical

耳畔

ěr pàn

ears

让畔

ràng pàn

to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field

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