Uniformly / without exception (一律 / 一概)

Structure Subject (all) + 一律 / 一概 / 统统 + Predicate

These totalizing adverbs assert that something applies to EVERY case without exception, and they go before the verb. 一律 (yīlǜ) marks uniform treatment dictated by a rule: 迟到者一律不得入场 = «latecomers will not be admitted, no exceptions». 一概 (yīgài) usually combines with negation and sweeps a whole set: 过期产品一概退回 = «all expired products are returned». The sense is categorical: it covers the predicate's full scope and admits no nuance. In speech, the colloquial 统统 / 通通 (tǒngtǒng) is preferred: 把这些垃圾统统扔掉 = «throw out all this rubbish at once». Unlike 全部 (HSK 4), a neutral quantifier, 一律/一概 also impose the idea of a single rule or blanket cut.

Examples

迟chí到dào者zhě一yī律lǜ不bù得dé入rù场chǎng。
Latecomers will not be admitted, without exception.
过guò期qī产chǎn品pǐn一yī概gài退tuì回huí，不bù予yǔ更gēng换huàn。
All expired products are returned without exception; no replacements.
新xīn规guī定dìng对duì所suǒ有yǒu员yuán工gōng一yī律lǜ适shì用yòng。
The new rule applies uniformly to all employees.
把bǎ桌zhuō上shàng的de旧jiù文wén件jiàn统tǒng统tǒng清qīng理lǐ掉diào。
Clear away all the old documents on the desk at once.

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