綱 gāng

heavy rope, hawser; main points

DEFINITIONS

  • heavy rope, hawser
  • main points
  • head rope of a fishing net
  • guiding principle
  • key link
  • class (taxonomy)
  • outline
  • program

WORDS

三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three 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 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
上綱上線 shàng gāng shàng xiàn to criticize (as a matter of principle)
中蘇解決懸案大綱協定 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
亞綱 yà gāng subclass (taxonomy)
倍足綱 bèi zú gāng Diplopoda (zoology)
八綱 bā gāng "eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)
八綱辨證 bā gāng biàn zhèng pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
共同綱領 gòng tóng gāng lǐng common program; formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
吸蟲綱 xī chóng gāng Class Trematoda; fluke; trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans
哺乳綱 bǔ rǔ gāng Mammalia, the class of mammals
圓口綱脊椎動物 yuán kǒu gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wù cyclostome (marine biology)
埃爾朗根綱領 āi ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐng Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
大綱 dà gāng synopsis; outline; program; leading principles
接合菌綱 jiē hé jūn gāng Zygomycetes
提綱 tí gāng outline; synopsis; notes
提綱挈領 tí gāng qiè lǐng to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials
擔綱 dān gāng to play the leading role
政綱 zhèng gāng political program; platform
教學大綱 jiào xué dà gāng course syllabus; class curriculum
朝綱 cháo gāng laws and discipline of imperial court
木蘭綱 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)
本草綱目 běn cǎo gāng mù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
橫綱 héng gāng yokozuna
渦蟲綱 wō chóng gāng Turbellaria (an order of flatworms)
瓣鰓綱 bàn sāi gāng Lamellibranchia; class of bivalves
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