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纲举目张

gāng jǔ mù zhāng

4-character word Traditional 綱舉目張

What 纲举目张 means

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

The characters in 纲举目张

• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper