提纲挈领
tí​gāng​qiè​lǐng

to concentrate on main points

  • created sense approved 提纲挈领/提綱挈領 · tí​gāng​qiè​lǐng · to concentrate on main points — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    提纲挈领 / 提綱挈領

    tí​gāng​qiè​lǐng

    to concentrate on main points

    to concentrate on the main points or bring out the essentials; to grasp the key aspects of a matter. Literally means lifting a net by its main rope and holding a coat by its collar.

    提纲 (literal) → 提纲/提綱 · tí​gāng · to summarize 挈领 (literal) → 挈领/挈領 · qiè​lǐng · to summarize

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense