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Open the tool →挈领提纲 (qiè lǐng tí gāng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to grasp the essentials”.
挈领提纲 is pronounced qiè lǐng tí gāng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 挈领提纲 means “grasp the collar, lift the main rope of a net”. It is used to mean “to grasp the essentials”.
挈衣之领,提网之纲。比喻抓住要领。