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qiān 千 piān 篇 yí 一 lǜ 律

千篇一律 qiān piān yí lǜ

all cut from the same cloth; monotonously uniform

Literally: thousand pieces one pattern

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Origin

From Xie Zhen's Ming treatise Siming Shihua, criticizing poems that were 千篇一律 in style.

How to use it

Predicate or attributive; negative. Often 千篇一律的设计/内容.

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  1. 现在很多城市的建筑千篇一律，失去了地方特色。
    Xiànzài hěn duō chéngshì de jiànzhù qiān piān yí lǜ, shīqù le dìfāng tèsè.
    Nowadays the architecture of many cities is monotonously uniform and has lost its local character.
    now very many city (attributive particle) architecture thousand pieces one pattern, lose (aspect particle) local characteristic
  2. 评委抱怨参赛作文千篇一律，缺乏真情实感。
    Píngwěi bàoyuàn cānsài zuòwén qiān piān yí lǜ, quēfá zhēnqíng shígǎn.
    The judges complained that the competition essays were all alike and lacked genuine feeling.
    judge complain enter-competition essay thousand pieces one pattern, lack true feeling real emotion

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