"Outline" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 框架 | kuàng jià | frame / framework / fig. pattern / outline / organizing plan |  |
| 提纲 | tí gāng | outline / synopsis / notes |  |
| 大纲 | dà gāng | synopsis / outline / program / leading principles | |
| 纲要 | gāng yào | outline / essential points | |
| 概论 | gài lùn | outline / introduction / survey / general discussion | |
| 简述 | jiǎn shù | to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly | |
| 头绪 | tóu xù | outline / main threads | |
| 梗概 | gěng gài | synopsis / outline (of story) | |
| 勾勒 | gōu lè | to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of | |
| 概要 | gài yào | outline | |
| 剪影 | jiǎn yǐng | paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch | |
| 草稿 | cǎo gǎo | draft / outline / sketch | |
| 要略 | yào lu:è | roughly / outline / summary | |
| 纲 |  gāng | head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program | |
| 崖略 | yá lu:è | outline / essentials | |
| 轮廓 | lún kuò | an outline / silhouette | |
| 大略 | dà lu:è | a broad outline / the general idea / roughly | |
| 轮廓线 | lún kuò xiàn | an outline / silhouette | |
| 腹稿 | fù gǎo | mental outline | |
| 不可端倪 | bù kě duān ní | impossible to get even an outline (idiom) / unfathomable / not a clue | |
| 描金 | miáo jīn | to outline in gold | |
| 端绪 | duān xù | start and development / thread (of a story) / general outline / clue | |
| 简略见告 | jiǎn lu:è jiàn gào | brief outline or overview (of a plan etc) | |
| 轮廓鲜明 | lún kuò xiān míng | sharp image / clear-cut / in bold outline / in sharp relief | |
| 经合组织区域运输部门发展纲要计划 | Outline Plan for the Development of the Transport Sector in the ECO Region | | |
| 国家方桉概要 | country programme outline | | |
| 方桉纲要 | Programme Outline | | |
| 今后活动纲要 | Outline of Future Activities | | |
| 联合国振兴工作总纲 | General Outline for the Revitalization of the United Nations | | |
| 国家战略纲要 | Country Strategy Outline | | |
| 测区外缘 | survey outline | | |
| 纲要法律 | skeleton law / outline law | | |
| 第一改革纲要 | First Outline of Reform | | |
| 阿拉木图纲要计划 | Almaty Outline Plan | | |
| 计划大纲 | plan outline | | |
| 考纲 | kǎo gāng | exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1]) | |
