套用

Traditional form:

套用

Pinyin (reading):

tàoyòng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 套 - case, cover, envelope, wrapper
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use

Traditional characters:

• 套 - case, cover, envelope, wrapper
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use