纲举目张 — Chinese idiom
纲举目张
gāng jǔ mù zhāng
Traditional: 綱舉目張
Meaning
- if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open
- take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves
- (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
Character by character
- 纲gāngprogram, outline; principle, guiding thread
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 张zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a shee
Idioms sharing a character
- 三纲五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng
- 提纲挈领 tí gāng qiè lǐng
- 一举一动 yī jǔ yī dòng
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ
- 多此一举 duō cǐ yī jǔ
- 百废待举 bǎi fèi dài jǔ
- 百端待举 bǎi duān dài jǔ
- 众擎易举 zhòng qíng yì jǔ
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