# 一概而论 (yīgài'érlùn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一概而论 (yīgài'érlùn) means “to lump everything together”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to lump everything together
- Pinyin: yīgài'érlùn (yi1 gai4 er2 lun4)
- Traditional: 一概而論
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不同的情况不能一概而论。
  Bùtóng de qíngkuàng bùnéng yīgài'érlùn.
  Different situations cannot be lumped together.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- 概 (gài): general; approximate; without exception; categorically
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- 论 (lùn): opinion; view

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-gai-er-lun-lump-everything-together/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).