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gāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. head rope of a fishing net
  2. 2. guiding principle
  3. 3. key link
  4. 4. class (taxonomy)
  5. 5. outline
  6. 6. program

Words Containing 纲

鞭毛纲
biān máo gāng

flagellate

共同纲领
gòng tóng gāng lǐng

common program

八纲
bā gāng

\eight principles

纲纪
gāng jì

law and order

绦虫纲
tāo chóng gāng

Cestoda (an order of flatworms)

本草纲目
běn cǎo gāng mù

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍|李时珍[lǐ shí zhēn]

蜥形纲
xī xíng gāng

Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles

涡虫纲
wō chóng gāng

Turbellaria (an order of flatworms)

吸虫纲
xī chóng gāng

Class Trematoda

八纲辨证
bā gāng biàn zhèng

pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)

三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng

three principles and five virtues (idiom)

纲领
gāng lǐng

program (i.e. plan of action)

圆口纲脊椎动物
yuán kǒu gāng jǐ zhuī dòng wù

cyclostome (marine biology)

朝纲
cháo gāng

laws and discipline of imperial court

提纲
tí gāng

outline

大纲
dà gāng

synopsis

头足纲
tóu zú gāng

cephalopod

担纲
dān gāng

to play the leading role

横纲
héng gāng

yokozuna

行动纲领
xíng dòng gāng lǐng

action plan

倍足纲
bèi zú gāng

Diplopoda (zoology)

教学大纲
jiào xué dà gāng

course syllabus

纲要
gāng yào

outline

政纲
zhèng gāng

political program

瓣鳃纲
bàn sāi gāng

Lamellibranchia

哺乳纲
bǔ rǔ gāng

Mammalia, the class of mammals

党纲
dǎng gāng

(political) party platform

木兰纲
mù lán gāng

Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)

纲举目张
gāng jǔ mù zhāng

if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom)

埃尔朗根纲领
āi ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐng

Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory

裂殖菌纲
liè zhí jūn gāng

Schizomycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)

超纲
chāo gāng

beyond the scope of the syllabus

软甲纲
ruǎn jiǎ gāng

Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans

提纲挈领
tí gāng qiè lǐng

to concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials

亚纲
yà gāng

subclass (taxonomy)

接合菌纲
jiē hé jūn gāng

Zygomycetes

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

腹足纲
fù zú gāng

gastropod (class of mollusks including snails)

量纲
liàng gāng

dimension (unit)

蛛形纲
zhū xíng gāng

Arachnids (class of arthropods)

真菌纲
zhēn jūn gāng

Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)

上纲上线
shàng gāng shàng xiàn

to make a mountain out of a molehill