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title: "在…上 (abstract: as regards) in Chinese Grammar: As regards …, With Examples"
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# 在…上 (abstract: as regards)

As regards …; in …

在 X 上 with an abstract X means "as regards X": 在这个问题上 “on this question”.

## In stories

不过**在历史上**，用船“借”箭的是吴国的孙权。

[草船借箭 · Borrowing arrows with straw boats](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/borrowing-arrows-with-straw-boats#library-word-839-843) HSK 5

原因就**在发音上**。

[中国人为什么怕数字四？ · Why is 4 unlucky in China?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/why-is-four-unlucky-in-china#library-word-93-97) HSK 5

[Read 草船借箭](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/borrowing-arrows-with-straw-boats#library-word-839-843)

## More patterns

- [正在 in the middle of (doing); right now](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhengzai)
- [在 + … + 下 under …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-xia-place)
- [在于 lies in; is a matter of; depends on](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiyu)
- [(正)在 + verb + 呢 in the middle of … right now](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zheng-ne)
- [在…看来 in …’s view](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-kanlai)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)

## What does 在…上 (abstract: as regards) mean in Chinese?

As regards …; in …. 在 X 上 with an abstract X means "as regards X": 在这个问题上 “on this question”.

## How common is 在…上 (abstract: as regards)?

It comes up in 2 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.