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Referring to a sickbed with 病床 (bìngchuáng)
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Structure
在 + 病床 + 上
Explanation
病床 (bìngchuáng) means "sickbed" or "hospital bed" and refers to the bed a patient occupies during illness or medical treatment. It is commonly used in phrases like 在病床上 (on the sickbed) to describe someone who is hospitalized. The word evokes a setting of illness, recovery, or vulnerability.
Examples
他在病床上躺了整整三个月。
tā zài bìngchuáng shàng tǎng le zhěngzhěng sān gè yuè.
He lay in a hospital bed for a full three months.
她每天下班后都去医院病床前陪伴母亲。
tā měitiān xiàbān hòu dōu qù yīyuàn bìngchuáng qián péibàn mǔqīn.
Every day after work, she goes to the hospital to keep her mother company at her bedside.
虽然躺在病床上，他依然坚持看书学习。
suīrán tǎng zài bìngchuáng shàng, tā yīrán jiānchí kànshū xuéxí.
Although lying in a hospital bed, he still insisted on reading and studying.