大要

dàyào
  1. abstract
  2. gist
  3. main points

CEDICT

main points; gist

Wiktionary

  1. 主要的旨意、概要。
  2. 事情的重要關鍵。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
2 要 yào
  1. to want; to need; to ask for
  2. will; shall; about to
  3. need to; should
  4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
  5. (bound form) important

Related entries

抽象 chōuxiàng
  1. abstract
  2. abstraction

classifier: 種

这个描述太抽象了。

This description is too abstract.

Source: Tatoeba

提要 tíyào
  1. summary
  2. abstract
把书目提要交上。

Hand in a bibliography of your sources.

Source: Tatoeba

摘要 zhāiyào
  1. summary
  2. abstract
他快速瀏覽摘要，尋找要找的論文。

He quickly read through the abstracts to find the paper he was looking for.

Source: Tatoeba

主旨 zhǔzhǐ
  1. gist
  2. main idea
  3. general tenor
  4. one's judgment
宏旨 hóngzhǐ
  1. gist
  2. main idea
要領 yàolǐng
  1. main aspects
  2. essentials
  3. gist
頭腦 tóunǎo
  1. brains
  2. mind
  3. skull
  4. (fig.) gist (of a matter)
  5. leader
  6. boss
頭腦的結構很複雜。

The structure of the brain is complicated.

Source: Tatoeba

精神 jīngshén
  1. spirit
  2. mind
  3. consciousness
  4. thought
  5. mental
  6. psychological
  7. essence
  8. gist

classifier: 個

他精神很好。

He was in good spirits.

Source: Tatoeba

凡 fán
  1. ordinary
  2. commonplace
  3. mundane
  4. temporal
  5. of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
  6. every
  7. all
  8. whatever
  9. altogether
  10. gist
  11. outline
  12. note of Chinese musical scale
苹果是非凡的手机。

The iPhone is an extraordinary cell phone.

Source: Tatoeba

經緯 jīngwěi
  1. warp and woof
  2. longitude and latitude
  3. main points