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)