Radical 辶

5 strokes

邊

road 辶 (26a) + power 力 (14) = side 边

Note that in Chinese the i on-glide changes an “an” sound to “yen”, not “yan” (see the Appendix). this is why we use “bends” as a soundword rather than, say, “bands”.

一边…一边… (1, 1) yībiān A yībiān B doing A while also doing B

[这边 (26) zhèbiān this side; over here]

A power ful machine is clearing a path for a new road by pushing everything to the side. / But it can only do the straight bits so two giants have to be called on to create the bends.