







提纲举领 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to grasp the essentials”. To summarize concisely; to hit the high spots. Literally, “lift the rope, raise the collar (metaphor for grasping the main points)”.

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Open the tool →提纲举领 (tí gāng jǔ lǐng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to grasp the essentials”.
提纲举领 is pronounced tí gāng jǔ lǐng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 提纲举领 means “lift the rope, raise the collar (metaphor for grasping the main points)”. It is used to mean “to grasp the essentials”.
比喻抓住要领,简明扼要。同“提纲挈领”。