to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials
trad. 提綱挈領
Also written 提綱挈領【tí gāng qiè lǐng】
Characters in this word
4提
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]
- Pinyin
- dī
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1493 of 2500
纲
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head rope of a fishing net, guiding principle, key link, class (taxonomy), outline, program
- Pinyin
- gāng
- Traditional
- 綱
- Strokes
- 7
挈
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to raise, to lift, to take along (e.g. one's family)
- Pinyin
- qiè
- Strokes
- 10
领
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neck, collar, to lead, to receive, classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- Pinyin
- lǐng
- Traditional
- 領
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 8714 of 2500