套
tào
Pinyin

Definition

套
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tào
  1. to cover
  2. to encase
  3. cover
  4. sheath
  5. to overlap
  6. to interleave
  7. to model after
  8. to copy
  9. formula
  10. harness
  11. loop of rope
  12. (fig.) to fish for
  13. to obtain slyly
  14. classifier for sets, collections
  15. bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. tau (Greek letter Ττ)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
套
tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
套装
tào zhuāng
  1. 1 outfit or suit (of clothes)
  2. 2 set of coordinated items
  3. 3 kit
套餐
tào cān
  1. 1 set meal
  2. 2 product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
手套
shǒu tào
  1. 1 glove
  2. 2 mitten
  3. 3 classifier: 双 shuāng
  4. 4 classifier: 只 zhī

Sample Sentences

听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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如果学校已经变得和灵魂教育无关，只是个培训技术控的地方，那咱把孩子送学校“控”去了，那我宁愿让孩子当个食材控，也不想让她当个写套路作文控。
rúguǒ xuéxiào yǐjīng biànde hé línghún jiàoyù wúguān ，zhǐshì ge péixùn jìshù kòng de dìfang ，nà zán bǎ háizi sòng xuéxiào “kòng ”qù le ，nà wǒ nìngyuàn ràng háizi dāng ge shí cái kòng ，yě bùxiǎng ràng tā dāng ge xiě tàolù zuòwén kòng 。
If school is becoming unrelated to the education of the soul, but only a place for mastering technology, then our child would be mastered by technology instead. In that case, I would rather my child to master cuisine, than to master boring essays.
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一切软文的感染力其实都是有套路的，含蓄型的会用桀骜不逊或放浪不羁的态度来获取精神优越和自信，从而引领你的消费方向
yīqiè ruǎnwén de gǎnrǎnlì qíshí dōu shì yǒu tàolù de ，hánxù xíng de huì yòng jiéàobùxùn huò fànglàngbùjī de tàidu lái huòqǔ jīngshén yōuyuè hé zìxìn ，cóngér yǐnlǐng nǐ de xiāofèi fāngxiàng
The influential power of all soft-sell promotions is a set up, and the subtle ones will use rakish or unrestrained drives to gain a superior and self-confident spirit, and thus “influence your consumption direction”.
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理想很丰满，现实很骨感。在没有好的配套措施，又没有法令限制的情况下，要继续推动这种共享经济，我看还早得很呐！
lǐxiǎng hěn fēngmǎn ，xiànshí hěn gǔgǎn 。zài méiyǒu hǎo de pèitào cuòshī ，yòu méiyǒu fǎlìng xiànzhì de qíngkuàng xià ，yào jìxù tuīdòng zhèzhǒng gòngxiǎng jīngjì ，wǒ kàn hái zǎo de hěn na ！
The ideal is great, but it's quite skimpy in reality. Without good and coherent measures, and in the situation where there are no legal restrictions, if you want to continue to implement this sharing economy, I think it's very early days still!
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我也知道现在这时代不应该再固守成规、遵循“按资排辈”那一套了，只是被一个年轻人牵着鼻子走，心理多少有些不平衡。
wǒ yě zhīdào xiànzài zhè shídài bù yīnggāi zài gùshǒu chéngguī 、zūnxún “ànzīpáibèi ”nà yī tào le ，zhǐshì bèi yī ge niánqīngrén qiān zhe bízi zǒu ，xīnlǐ duōshǎo yǒuxiē bù pínghéng 。
I am aware in today’s times, we shouldn’t stick to rules where positions are based on seniority. But I still feel mentally awkward to be led by someone younger.
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领得到薪水，跑跑龙套有什么不好？
lǐng de dào xīnshuǐ ，pǎo pǎolóngtào yǒu shénme bùhǎo ？
As long as you get your salary, what's wrong with playing a small role?
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还行，我上个月才报到，现在只是在跑龙套。
hái xíng ，wǒ shànggèyuè cái bàodào ，xiànzài zhǐshì zài pǎolóngtào 。
It's okay. I only started last month, so I only play a small role.
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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戴手套
dài shǒutào
wear gloves
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防治青少年沉迷游戏，不应将希望只寄托在企业开发一套严格的防沉迷系统，应是社会整体联防：法律的归法律，技术的归技术，教育的归教育，家庭的归家庭。
fángzhì qīngshàonián chénmí yóuxì ，bù yīng jiāng xīwàng zhǐ jìtuō zài qǐyè kāifā yītào yángé de fáng chénmí xìtǒng ，yīngshì shèhuì zhěngtǐ liánfáng ：fǎlǜ de guī fǎlǜ ，jìshù de guī jìshù ，jiàoyù de guī jiàoyù ，jiātíng de guī jiātíng 。
Preventive and control measures on teenage mobile games addiction should not rest solely on enterprises to develop anti addiction prevention system. Instead it should be a holistic social defence mechanism: what is law, technology, education and family should come under law, technology, education and family respectively.
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