Chinese symbol for “contrived”
狗血
gǒu xiě
melodramatic; contrived
The closest CC-CEDICT match for contrived is 狗血 (gǒu xiě), defined as: melodramatic; contrived.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 狗血.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狗狗 | gǒu gōu | (coll.) dog; doggie |
| 小狗 | xiǎo gǒu | pup; puppy |
| 狗屁 | gǒu pì | bullshit; nonsense |
| 走狗 | zǒu gǒu | hunting dog; hound |
| 狗肉 | gǒu ròu | dog meat |
| 狗屎 | gǒu shǐ | canine excrement; dog poo |
| 血液 | xuè yè | blood; (fig.) lifeblood |
| 血腥 | xuè xīng | reeking of blood; bloody (events) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “contrived”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.