천편일률

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 千 (“thousand”) + 篇 (“pieces of writing”) + 一 (“one”) + 律 (“poetic harmonics”): "a thousand writings written to one meter", hence monotonous.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹npʰjʌ̹niʎʎuɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [천펴닐률]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonpyeonillyul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheonpyeon'illyul
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnp'yŏnillyul
Yale Romanization?chenphyen.illyul

Noun

천편일률 • (cheonpyeonillyul) (hanja 千篇一律)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) monotony; lacking distinction

Derived terms
  • 천편일률적(千篇一律的) (cheonpyeonillyuljeok)
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