套子
tào zi
Pinyin

Definition

套子
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tào zi
  1. sheath
  2. case
  3. cover
  4. conventional method
  5. cliché
  6. trick
  7. (coll.) condom

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

ér zi
  1. 1 son
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
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)
tào zhuāng
  1. 1 outfit or suit (of clothes)
  2. 2 set of coordinated items
  3. 3 kit
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person

Sample Sentences

给iPhone贴膜或者外面加一个套子,这也是很画蛇添足。
gěi iPhone tiēmó huòzhě wàimian jiā yī ge tàozi ,zhè yě shì hěn huàshétiānzú 。
Putting stickers or a case on your iPhone is also very superfluous and unnecessary.
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