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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