框架 (kuàngjià) — framework, structure

框架 (kuàngjià)

框架 refers to a framework, structure, or skeleton — the essential structural elements that define and support a system, plan, argument, or building. In intellectual and policy discourse, it often refers to conceptual frameworks, theoretical structures, or institutional arrangements. It is metaphorically extended from the physical meaning (frame of a building or picture).

Meanings

1. [n] framework, structure (the organizational skeleton of a system or argument)
2. [n] frame, skeleton (the physical load-bearing structure)

Example Sentences

这份协议为双边关系的发展提供了基本的法律框架。 Zhè fèn xiéyì wèi shuāngbiān guānxi de fāzhǎn tígōng le jīběn de fǎlǜ kuàngjià. This agreement provides a basic legal framework for the development of bilateral relations.

写论文之前，先搭建清晰的逻辑框架，有助于防止结构散漫的问题。 Xiě lùnwén zhīqián, xiān dājiàn qīngxī de luójí kuàngjià, yǒuzhù yú fángzhǐ jiégòu sǎnmàn de wèntí. Before writing a paper, first building a clear logical framework helps prevent the problem of a disorganized structure.

这位社会学家提出了一种新的理论框架，用以解释城乡移民的身份认同困境。 Zhè wèi shèhuì xué jiā tíchū le yī zhǒng xīn de lǐlùn kuàngjià, yòng yǐ jiěshì chéngyāng yímín de shēnfèn rèntóng kùnjìng. This sociologist proposed a new theoretical framework to explain the identity dilemmas of rural-to-urban migrants.

现行的国际安全框架已难以应对新型非传统安全威胁的挑战。 Xiànxíng de guójì ānquán kuàngjià yǐ nányǐ yìngduì xīnxíng fēi chuántǒng ānquán wēixié de tiǎozhàn. The existing international security framework is already struggling to address the challenges of new non-traditional security threats.

课程框架的设计需要在知识系统性与学习灵活性之间寻求平衡。 Kèchéng kuàngjià de shèjì xūyào zài zhīshí xìtǒng xìng yǔ xuéxí línghuó xìng zhī jiān xúnqiú pínghéng. The design of a curriculum framework needs to seek a balance between systematic knowledge and learning flexibility.

在现有政策框架内寻求解决方案，比推翻框架重建更具可行性。 Zài xiànyǒu zhèngcè kuàngjià nèi xúnqiú jiějué fāng'àn, bǐ tuīfān kuàngjià chóngjiàn gèng jù kěxíng xìng. Seeking solutions within the existing policy framework is more feasible than overturning the framework and rebuilding it.

Collocations

Usage Notes

框架 is one of the most versatile structural nouns in formal Chinese. It appears in policy documents (政策框架), academic writing (理论框架), architecture (建筑框架), and organizational planning (组织框架). The verb 搭建 (to build/construct) is the natural collocate when creating a framework; 突破 or 推翻 is used when challenging or dismantling one.

Compare 框架 with 结构 (jiégòu, structure): 结构 is more neutral and refers to the internal organization of anything, while 框架 specifically emphasizes the outer skeleton or overall organizing schema.

Memory Hook

框 (frame/box) + 架 (shelf/structure) — a 框架 is the framing structure, the skeleton that holds everything in place.