老套

lǎotào
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 hackneyed
  2. 2 clichéd
  3. 3 old hat

Examples

HSK 6
Suīrán gùshi qíngjié hěn lǎotào, kěshì yǎnyuán yǎn de hěn hǎo, wǒ háishi kànkū le.
The plot was clichéd, but the acting was so good that I still cried.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zhǒng kāichǎngbái tài lǎotào le, huàn yí ge ba.
That opening line is so clichéd, try another one.

Tips

usage
A conversational word for plots, jokes, lines and methods that everyone has seen before. 老一套 is the noun "the same old routine", and 俗套 a worn convention; 陈腐 is harsher, "stale and rotten".

Stroke Order

老 lǎo
套 tào