to concentrate on the main points

to concentrate on the main points

Tigang Zhenling is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is t í g ā ngzh è NL ǐ ng, which means to grasp the gist and to the point. It is the same as "Outline". It comes from the official records of the Old Five Dynasties.

The origin of Idioms

According to the official records of the history of the Old Five Dynasties, "every time when it is being carried out, the common officials will abide by the law and serve the public, and the officials will uphold the principles of justice, and they will surely be Yi Lun you Xu."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: outline, outline

Idiom usage

Thirty years later, there will be no such thing as a dragon's head and a snake's tail. Volume 7 of xuzhuandenglu by Shi Weibai in Song Dynasty