📘 Intermediate — key word for HSK 3-4
Meaning
Classifier for sets of things: suit, furniture, system, method.
🏮 Cultural Story
中文 Chinese
"套"用于成套的东西。"一套衣服"(suit)、"一套家具"(furniture set)、"一套方法"(method/system)。核心含义是"套在一起/配套"——所有部件组成完整系统。"套路"(routine/trick)原本指武术招式，现在泛指固定模式或策略。"旧套"、"老套"= cliché。"套话"= hollow words。既有"完整系统"正面含义，也有"刻板模式"负面含义。
English
**套 (tào)** = sets/complete systems. Suit, furniture set, method/system. Core: "fitted together" — all parts forming whole system. "套路" (routine) originally = martial arts sequence, now = any fixed pattern. Both positive (complete system) and negative (rigid pattern) meanings.
💡 Memory Tip
套 is for sets. Anything that comes as a complete set — suit, apartment, system — uses 套.
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Classifier for sets of things: suit, furniture, system, method.