纲
gāng
head rope of a fishing net
guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
老师让我们写一篇文章的提纲。
lǎo shī ràng wǒ men xiě yī piān wén zhāng de tí gāng。
The teacher asked us to write an outline for an article.
这份文件列出了改革的总纲，非常重要。
zhè fèn wén jiàn liè chū le gǎi gé de zǒng gāng，fēi cháng zhòng yào。
This document lists the general guiding principles of the reform, which are very important.
Words with 纲
考纲
kǎo gāng
exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1])
量纲
liàng gāng
dimension (unit)
头足纲
tóu zú gāng
Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid
党纲
dǎng gāng
(political) party platform
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
three principles and five virtues (idiom)
上纲上线
shàng gāng shàng xiàn
to make a mountain out of a molehill
中苏解决悬案大纲协定
zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
亚纲
yà gāng
subclass (taxonomy)
蜥形纲
xī xíng gāng
Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles
倍足纲
bèi zú gāng
Diplopoda (zoology)
倒反天纲
dào fǎn tiān gāng
to violate the natural order; to defy social norms
八纲
bā gāng
(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction