套用
tàoyòng
ㄊㄠˋ ㄩㄥˋ
- 1to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context)
- 2to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation)
- 3to borrow (a phrase)
- 4(Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
Example
套用一句歇後語，你現在是沙灘上行船──進退兩難啦！
tàoyòng yíjù xiēhòuyǔ nǐ xiànzài shì shātān shàng xíngchuán jìntuìliǎngnán la
To borrow a folk saying: right now you are like a boat sailing on the sand — stuck, unable to go forward or back!