陈词滥调 cliché
Explanation
指陈腐、空泛的论调。形容说话或写文章没有新意，内容空洞乏味。
It refers to stale and empty rhetoric. Describes speech or writing without originality, with hollow and boring content.
Origin Story
从前，有个秀才，为了参加科举考试，日夜苦读。他熟读经史子集，积累了大量的知识。可是，他的文章却总是千篇一律，没有自己的风格。他的老师告诉他：“你的文章虽然饱含知识，但都是陈词滥调，缺乏新意。你要多观察生活，多思考问题，才能写出有创意的文章。”秀才听从老师的教诲，开始用心观察生活，思考问题。他发现，生活中充满了各种各样的人和事，充满了各种各样的新鲜事物。他开始把这些新鲜事物写进文章中，他的文章风格也逐渐发生了变化，不再是陈词滥调。最终，他通过科举考试，成为了一名官员。
Once upon a time, there was a scholar who studied day and night to take the imperial examinations. He diligently read classical texts and accumulated a large amount of knowledge. However, his essays were always monotonous and lacked his own style. His teacher told him, "Your essays are full of knowledge, but they are full of clichés and lack originality. You need to observe life more carefully and think more about things to write creative essays." The scholar followed his teacher's words and began to carefully observe life and think about things. He discovered that life was full of various people and events, full of new things. He began to put these new things into his essays, and his writing style gradually changed, he no longer used clichés. Finally, he passed the imperial examinations and became an official.
Usage
常用作宾语、定语；指没有新意的话。
Often used as an object or attribute; refers to unoriginal words.
Examples
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他的演讲充满了陈词滥调，让人昏昏欲睡。
tā de yǎnjiǎng chōngmǎn le chéncí làn diào, ràng rén hūnhūn yùshuì
His speech was full of clichés, making people drowsy.
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会议上，他再次重复了那些陈词滥调。
huìyì shàng, tā zàicì chóngfù le nàxiē chéncí làn diào
At the meeting, he repeated those clichés again..