Chinese word

雷同

Pronunciation

Pinyinléi tóng

Meaning

  • verbecho

Example

媒体报道常常互相雷同。méi tǐ bào dào cháng cháng hù xiāng léi tóng

Media reports often echo one another.

Illustration for 雷同 (echo)

More examples

两份报告的结论在方法上并不雷同，但结果相似。liǎng fèn bào gào de jié lùn zài fāng fǎ shàng bìng bù léi tóng dàn jié guǒ xiāng sì

The conclusions of the two reports are not alike in their methods, but the results are similar.

Core concept

Several voices produce the same sound, leaving no clear sign of independent thought.

Common phrases

  • 存在雷同cún zài léi tóng

    have similarities

  • 观点雷同guān diǎn léi tóng

    have identical views

Similar words

附和fù hè: Agree with and echo another person's opinion or attitude without offering an independent view.
模仿mó fǎng: Copy another person's actions, methods, or works to do something in the same way.
跟风gēn fēng: Follow a popular trend or other people's actions and do the same, often without independent judgment.

Definition in Chinese

在意见或表述上与他人保持一致，尤指多份报道或多条信息在内容上高度相似，呈现出雷同的状态。zài yì jiàn huò biǎo shù shàng yǔ tā rén bǎo chí yí zhì yóu zhǐ duō fèn bào dào huò duō tiáo xìn xī zài nèi róng shàng gāo dù xiāng sì chéng xiàn chū léi tóng de zhuàng tài

Word origin

雷同 (léitóng, "echoing like thunder") comes from the classical image of thunder being answered by thunder, and it developed into the idea of statements matching without independent judgment.

Usage tips

  • The word usually carries criticism, so it fits reports or writing judged too unoriginal rather than a neutral comparison of matching facts.

Other meanings

  • be identicalverb
  • follow blindlyverb

Opposites

  • 相左xiāng zuǒbe at oddsverb

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