千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

千 qiān thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
篇 piān chapter, section, essay, article
一 yī one; a, an; alone
律 lǜ statute, principle, regulation