千篇一律 (cin1 pin1 jat1 leot6) — literal thousand articles, same rule in Cantonese
cinˉ¹千pinˉ¹篇jatˉ¹一leotˍ₆律Mandarin Pinyin: qian1 pian1 yi1 lu:4
Meaning of 千篇一律
nounliteral thousand articles, same rule
nounstereotyped; follow the same pattern; all in the same key; once you've seen one, you've seen them all