俗套

sútào
  1. conventional patterns
  2. cliché

CEDICT

conventional pattern; convention

Wiktionary

通俗流行的作法、说法或礼节。

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Entry Composition

1 俗 sú
  1. custom
  2. convention
  3. popular
  4. common
  5. coarse
  6. vulgar
  7. secular
2 套 tào
  1. to cover
  2. to encase
  3. cover
  4. sheath
  5. to overlap
  6. to interleave
  7. to model after
  8. to copy
  9. formula
  10. harness
  11. loop of rope
  12. (fig.) to fish for
  13. to obtain slyly
  14. classifier for sets, collections
  15. bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. tau (Greek letter Ττ)

Related entries

陈词滥调 chéncílàndiào
  1. cliché
  2. commonplace
  3. truism
  4. stereotype
套话 tàohuà
  1. polite phrase; conventional greetings
  2. cliché
  3. to try to worm facts out of sb
套子 tàozi
  1. sheath
  2. case
  3. cover
  4. conventional method
  5. cliché
  6. trick
  7. (coll.) condom