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套用

tào yòng

B2 Level 6

套用 (tào yòng) is a Chinese word meaning “to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context)
  2. to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation)
  3. to borrow (a phrase)
  4. (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).