纲 (綱) gāng

1. gāng noun guiding principle; key link; outline; program
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '綱'; Guoyu '綱' n 2; Kroll 2015 '綱' 1a, p. 129; Unihan '綱')
2. gāng noun class
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
   Notes: In taxonomy (CC-CEDICT '綱'; Guoyu '綱' n 4; Wikipedia '纲')
3. gāng noun heavy rope; head rope; hawser
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '綱'; Guoyu '綱' n 1; Kroll 2015 '綱' 1, p. 129; Unihan '綱')
4. gāng noun an elliptical path of celestial transit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '綱' 2, p. 129)
5. gāng verb to tie together
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '綱' 3, p. 129)
6. gāng verb a group of merchant ships
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '綱' 4, p. 129)

Contained in

• 提纲挈领(提綱挈領) to concentrate on the main points; to bring out the essentials
• 本草纲目(本草綱目) Compendium of Medical Herbs
• 绦虫纲(絛蟲綱) Cestoda (an order of flatworms)
• 纲目(綱目) big picture and minute details
• 哺乳纲(哺乳綱) Mammalia
• 大纲(大綱) synopsis; outline; program; leading principles
• 纪纲(紀綱) records of laws ; a strategy
• 纲纪四方(綱紀四方) to rule the four corners of the land
• 党纲(黨綱) (political) party platform; party program
• 超纲(超綱) beyond the scope of the syllabus
• 瓣鳃纲(瓣鰓綱) Lamellibranchia; class of bivalves
• 行动纲领(行動綱領) action plan; program of action
• 纲纪(綱紀) laws
• 涡虫纲(渦蟲綱) Turbellaria (an order of flatworms)
• 腹足纲(腹足綱) Gastropoda
• 纲领(綱領) program ; outline; essential points; guiding principle
• 纲要(綱要) outline; essential points ; an abstract
• 横纲(橫綱) yokozuna
• 宏纲(宏綱) synopsis; outline
• 八纲(八綱) eight principles, a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)
• 共同纲领(共同綱領) common program
• 总纲(總綱) an outline; an overall description
• 纲举目张(綱舉目張) if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open; take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves
• 教学大纲(教學大綱) course syllabus; class curriculum
• 软骨鱼纲(軟骨魚綱) chondrichthyes
• 鞭毛纲(鞭毛綱) flagellate
• 接合菌纲(接合菌綱) Zygomycetes
• 蜥形纲(蜥形綱) Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles
• 木兰纲(木蘭綱) Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)
• 八纲辨证(八綱辨證) pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)
• 倍足纲(倍足綱) Diplopoda
• 蛛形纲(蛛形綱) Arachnida
• 真菌纲(真菌綱) Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
• 上纲上线(上綱上線) to criticize (as a matter of principle)
• 提纲(提綱) key points ; to lift up a net ; taxation of transported goods ; outline; summary
• 担纲(擔綱) to play the leading role
• 头足纲(頭足綱) cephalopod; Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid
• 裂殖菌纲(裂殖菌綱) Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)
• 政纲(政綱) political program; platform
• 鸟纲(鳥綱) Aves
• 亚纲(亞綱) subclass
• 量纲(量綱) an attribute of a physical quanitity; a dimension

Also contained in

三纲 、 通鉴纲目 、 建国大纲 、 九十五条论纲 、 资治通鉴纲目 、 通鑑纲目 、 国民政府建国大纲 、 埃尔朗根纲领 、 三纲五常

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• 卷三百五十八 列傳第一百十七 李綱上 Volume 358 Biographies 117: Li Gang 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 136
• 卷九十八　列傳第三十六:　完顏匡 完顏綱弟:定奴 Volume 98 Biographies 36: Wan Yankuang, Wan Yangang younger brother: Dingnu History of Jin 金史 — count: 48
• 卷六十二 列傳第十二: 李綱 鄭善果 楊恭仁 皇甫無逸 李大亮 Volume 62 Biographies 12: Li Gang, Zheng Shanguo, Yang Gongren, Huangfu Wuyi, Li Daliang Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 46
• 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• 卷一百〇二　列傳第四十:　僕散安貞 田琢 完顏弼 蒙古綱 必蘭阿魯帶 Volume 102 Biographies 40: Pusa Nanzhen, Tian Zuo, Wan Yanbi, Meng Gugang, Bilanaludai History of Jin 金史 — count: 42
• 卷九十九 列傳第二十四 李綱　李大亮族孫:迥秀　戴冑侄:至德　劉洎　崔仁師孫:湜 Volume 99 Biographies 24: Li Gang, Li Daliang Family Descendent: Jiongxiu, Dai Zhouzhi: Zhide, Liu Ji, Cui Renshi and Grandson: Shi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 34
• 卷四百〇八 列傳第一百六十七 吳昌裔 汪綱 陳宓 王霆 Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 卷一百九十一 列傳第一百四十一: 方伎 Volume 191 Biographies 141: The Arts Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 30
• 卷20 列傳第12 王盟 賀蘭祥 尉遲綱 叱列伏龜 閻慶 Volume 20 Biographies 12: Wang Meng; He Lanxiang; Wei Chigang; Chilie Fugui; Yan Qing Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 24
• 卷六十二　列傳第五十:　　王羆 王思政 尉遲迥 王軌 Volume 62 Biographies 50: Wang Pi, Wang Sizheng, Wei Chijiong, Wang Gui History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 23

Collocations

• 王纲 (王綱) 徒感王綱之不攝 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十三 朱樂何列傳 Volume 43: Biographies of Zhu, Yue, He — count: 16
• 纲维 (綱維) 綱維天下 — New Discussions 新語, 卷下　資質第七　至德第八　懷慮第九　本行第十　明誡第十一　思務第十二　Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 皇纲 (皇綱) 恢皇綱 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 7
• 维纲 (維綱) 中離維綱 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) — count: 7
• 左下纲 (左下綱) 不繫左下綱 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 5
• 斗纲 (鬥綱) 斗綱之端連貫營室 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar — count: 4
• 严纲 (嚴綱) 斬其所置冀州刺史嚴綱 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 4
• 纲山 (綱山) 綱山於有牢 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 3
• 纲弛 (綱弛) 綱弛紀絕 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu — count: 3
• 纲自杀 (綱自殺) 后父特進綱自殺 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四 孝和孝殤帝紀 Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Xiaohe; Emperor Xiaoshang — count: 3