cliché; hackneyed phrase; empty rhetoric
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1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
cliché; hackneyed phrase; stereotyped and tiresome rhetoric
Often appears in the phrase 陈词滥调. Can be used with the retroflex suffix 儿 (滥调儿).
Tā他
de的
yǎn演
jiǎng讲
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
kōng空
dòng洞
de的
làn滥
diào调
。
His speech was full of empty platitudes.
Wǒ我
tǎo讨
yàn厌
zhè这
zhǒng种
chén陈
cí词
làn滥
diào调
。
I hate this kind of cliché.
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Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
quán全
shì是
lǎo老
yī一
tào套
de的
làn滥
diào调
。
This article is nothing but the same old clichés.