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千篇一律

qiān piān yī lǜ

4-character word

What 千篇一律 means

1. thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive
2. once you've seen one, you've seen them all

The characters in 千篇一律

• 千qiānthousand
• 篇piānsheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old)
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 律lǜlaw

Example sentences

• 这个节目变得千篇一律。
  Zhège jiémù biànde qiānpiānyīlǜ.
  This program has become stereotyped.