| 不落俗套 |
bù luò sú tào |
to conform to no conventional pattern / unconventional / offbeat |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
| 落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
| 落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
| 落俗 |
luò sú |
to show poor taste |
| 俗 |
sú |
custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular |
| 俗套 |
sú tào |
conventional patterns / cliché |
| 套 |
tào |
to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) |