大要 (dà yào) — gist; main points

Definition

Examples

• 请总结一下这篇文章的大要。
  Qǐng zǒng jié yí xià zhè piān wén zhāng de dà yào.
  Please summarize the gist of this article.
• 他先给我们讲了大要，然后才详细说明。
  Tā xiān gěi wǒ men jiǎng le dà yào, rán hòu cái xiáng xì shuō míng.
  He first told us the main points, and only then explained in detail.
• 报告的大要已经列在开头了。
  Bào gào de dà yào yǐ jīng liè zài kāi tóu le.
  The gist of the report is already listed at the beginning.