纲举目张 (綱舉目張)
gāng jǔ mù zhāng
Pinyin

Definition

纲举目张 (綱舉目張)
 - 
gāng jǔ mù zhāng
  1. if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom)
  2. take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves
  3. (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心目
xīn mù
  1. 1 mind
目前
mù qián
  1. 1 at the present time
  2. 2 currently
目标
mù biāo
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 goal
  3. 3 objective
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
目的
mù dì
  1. 1 purpose
  2. 2 aim
  3. 3 goal
  4. 4 target
  5. 5 objective
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
节目
jié mù
  1. 1 program
  2. 2 item (on a program)
  3. 3 classifier: 台 tái
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 套 tào

Idioms (20)

一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
  1. 1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
  3. 3 can't see the wood for the trees
伤心惨目
shāng xīn cǎn mù
  1. 1 (idiom) too appalling to look at