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)
因袭
yīn xí
to follow old patterns / to imitate existing models / to continue along the same lines
kuǎn