HSK 4 grammar · pattern
在…方面
在…方面 — in terms of / when it comes to
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
在 … 方面 marks the area or respect a statement applies to — "in terms of …", "when it comes to …". The topic sits between 在 and 方面, framing what follows.
Examples
在学习方面，他很努力。
Zài xuéxí fāngmiàn, tā hěn nǔlì.
When it comes to studying, he works hard.
我们在这方面还有很多不足。
Wǒmen zài zhè fāngmiàn hái yǒu hěn duō bùzú.
We still have many shortcomings in this respect.
他在音乐方面很有天分。
Tā zài yīnyuè fāngmiàn hěn yǒu tiānfèn.
He has real talent in music.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 在…方面 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.