Usage of the character 綱

(TCM) the eight principal syndromes (used to differentiate pathological conditions): yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, hypofunction and hyperfunction

dāngāng

担纲

[擔綱]

to play the leading role

gānglǐng

纲领

[綱領]

program (i.e. plan of action)
guiding principle

zhènggāng

政纲

[政綱]

political program
platform

bànsāigāng

瓣鳃纲

[瓣鰓綱]

Lamellibranchia
class of bivalves

biānmáogāng

鞭毛纲

[鞭毛綱]

flagellate

fùzúgāng

腹足纲

[腹足綱]

gastropod (class of mollusks including snails)

xīchónggāng

吸虫纲

[吸蟲綱]

Class Trematoda
fluke
trematode worm, a parasite incl. on humans

zhūxínggāng

蛛形纲

[蛛形綱]

Arachnids (class of arthropods)

tóuzúgāng

头足纲

[頭足綱]

Cephalopoda, class of mollusks including nautilus and squid

zhēnjūngāng

真菌纲

[真菌綱]

Eumycetes (taxonomic class of fungi)

xīxínggāng

蜥形纲

[蜥形綱]

Sauropsida, class within Chordata containing reptiles

tāochónggāng

绦虫纲

[絛蟲綱]

Cestoda (an order of flatworms)

ruǎnjiǎgāng

软甲纲

[軟甲綱]

Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans

mùlángāng

木兰纲

[木蘭綱]

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

wōchónggāng

涡虫纲

[渦蟲綱]

Turbellaria (an order of flatworms)

bǔrǔgāng

哺乳纲

[哺乳綱]

Mammalia, the class of mammals

bèizúgāng

倍足纲

[倍足綱]

Diplopoda (zoology)

hégōnggāng

合弓纲

[合弓綱]

(zoology) Synapsida

tígāngqièlǐng

提纲挈领

[提綱挈領]

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

bāgāngbiànzhèng

八纲辨证

[八綱辨證]

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

jiàoxuédàgāng

教学大纲

[教學大綱]

course syllabus
class curriculum

gāngjǔmùzhāng

纲举目张

[綱舉目張]

if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom)
take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves
(of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered

gòngtónggānglǐng

共同纲领

[共同綱領]

common program
formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan

Běncǎo Gāngmù

本草纲目

[本草綱目]

Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李時珍／李时珍 ( Lǐ Shízhēn)

jiēhéjūngāng

接合菌纲

[接合菌綱]

Zygomycetes

sāngāngwǔcháng

三纲五常

[三綱五常]

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)

shànggāngshàngxiàn

上纲上线

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