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The character 套 is formed as an ideogrammatic compound by stacking the character for 'big' (大, dà) directly on top of 镸, a variant form of the character for 'long' (长, cháng). This pairing of spatial concepts originally represented the idea of something both large and long enough to cover, envelop, or wrap around another object completely. From this concrete meaning of covering or sheathing, the character's use expanded to a broad range of nouns and classifiers, such as a protective cover, a matched set of items, a recognized routine, or an interlocking system of components.
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我买了一套书。
这套家具很实用。
她穿了一套红色的裙子。
不要总说套话，要真诚。
如果你套用旧方法，可能不会成功。
他的商业套路让人防不胜防。
投资股票被套牢后，他学会了谨慎。
在西部电影中，牛仔常用套索捕捉野马。
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