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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 gānggang1head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
2纲领 綱領 gāng lǐnggang1 ling3program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle
3大纲 大綱 gāngda4 gang1synopsis; outline; program; leading principles
4埃尔朗根纲领 埃爾朗根綱領 āi ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐngAi1 er3 lang3 gen1 gang1 ling3Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
5八纲 八綱 gāngba1 gang1"eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)
6八纲辨证 八綱辨證 gāng biàn zhèngba1 gang1 bian4 zheng4pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
7瓣鳃纲 瓣鰓綱 bàn sāi gāngban4 sai1 gang1Lamellibranchia; class of bivalves
8倍足纲 倍足綱 bèi gāngbei4 zu2 gang1Diplopoda (zoology)
9本草纲目 本草綱目 běn cǎo gāng Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李时珍
10鞭毛纲 鞭毛綱 biān máo gāngbian1 mao2 gang1flagellate
11哺乳纲 哺乳綱 gāngbu3 ru3 gang1Mammalia, the class of mammals
12超纲 超綱 chāo gāngchao1 gang1beyond the scope of the syllabus
13朝纲 朝綱 cháo gāngchao2 gang1laws and discipline of imperial court
14重振朝纲 重振朝綱 chóng zhèn cháo gāngchong2 zhen4 chao2 gang1to regenerate the imperial regime (idiom)
15担纲 擔綱 dān gāngdan1 gang1to play the leading role
16党纲 黨綱 dǎng gāngdang3 gang1(political) party platform; party program
17腹足纲 腹足綱 gāngfu4 zu2 gang1gastropod (class of mollusks including snails)
18纲纪 綱紀 gāng gang1 ji4law and order
19纲举目张 綱舉目張 gāng zhānggang1 ju3 mu4 zhang1if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom); take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves; (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
20纲要 綱要 gāng yàogang1 yao4outline; essential points
21共同纲领 共同綱領 gòng tóng gāng lǐnggong4 tong2 gang1 ling3common program; formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
22横纲 橫綱 héng gāngheng2 gang1yokozuna
23教学大纲 教學大綱 jiào xué gāngjiao4 xue2 da4 gang1course syllabus; class curriculum
24接合菌纲 接合菌綱 jiē jūn gāngjie1 he2 jun1 gang1Zygomycetes
25量纲 量綱 liàng gāngliang4 gang1dimension (unit)
26裂殖菌纲 裂殖菌綱 liè zhí jūn gānglie4 zhi2 jun1 gang1Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
27木兰纲 木蘭綱 lán gāngmu4 lan2 gang1Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)
28乾纲不振 乾綱不振 qián gāng zhènqian2 gang1 bu4 zhen4to be henpecked (idiom)
29乾纲大振 乾綱大振 qián gāng zhènqian2 gang1 da4 zhen4Husband reestablished his power vis-à-vis his wife. (idiom)
30软甲纲 軟甲綱 ruǎn jiǎ gāngruan3 jia3 gang1Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans
31三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng chángsan1 gang1 wu3 chang2three principles and five virtues (idiom); the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence , righteousness , propriety , wisdom and fidelity )
32上纲上线 上綱上線 shàng gāng shàng xiànshang4 gang1 shang4 xian4to criticize (as a matter of principle)
33绦虫纲 絛蟲綱 tāo chóng gāngtao1 chong2 gang1Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
34提纲 提綱 gāngti2 gang1outline; synopsis; notes
35提纲挈领 提綱挈領 gāng qiè lǐngti2 gang1 qie4 ling3to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials
36提纲振领 提綱振領 gāng zhèn lǐngti2 gang1 zhen4 ling3to concentrate on the main points (idiom)
37头足纲 頭足綱 tóu gāngtou2 zu2 gang1cephalopod; Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid
38涡虫纲 渦蟲綱 chóng gāngwo1 chong2 gang1Turbellaria (an order of flatworms)
39吸虫纲 吸蟲綱 chóng gāngxi1 chong2 gang1Class Trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
40蜥形纲 蜥形綱 xíng gāngxi1 xing2 gang1Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles
41行动纲领 行動綱領 xíng dòng gāng lǐngxing2 dong4 gang1 ling3action plan; program of action
42亚纲 亞綱 gāngya4 gang1subclass (taxonomy)
43以粮为纲 以糧為綱 liáng wéi gāngyi3 liang2 wei2 gang1to take grain as the key link (idiom)
44以目代纲 以目代綱 dài gāngyi3 mu4 dai4 gang1to use the secondary to replace the primary (idiom)
45圆口纲脊椎动物 圓口綱脊椎動物 yuán kǒu gāng zhuī dòng yuan2 kou3 gang1 ji3 zhui1 dong4 wu4cyclostome (marine biology)
46真菌纲 真菌綱 zhēn jūn gāngzhen1 jun1 gang1Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
47政纲 政綱 zhèng gāngzheng4 gang1political program; platform
48中苏解决悬案大纲协定 中蘇解決懸案大綱協定 zhōng jiě jué xuán àn gāng xié dìngZhong1 Su1 jie3 jue2 xuan2 an4 da4 gang1 xie2 ding4the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
49蛛形纲 蛛形綱 zhū xíng gāngzhu1 xing2 gang1Arachnids (class of arthropods)
50抓纲治国 抓綱治國 zhuā gāng zhì guózhua1 gang1 zhi4 guo2to grasp the key link and stabilize the country (idiom)
51抓纲治军 抓綱治軍 zhuā gāng zhì jūnzhua1 gang1 zhi4 jun1to grasp the key link and consolidate the army (idiom)

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