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Chinese symbol for “melodramatic”

狗血
gǒu xiě
melodramatic; contrived

The closest CC-CEDICT match for melodramatic is 狗血 (gǒu xiě), defined as: melodramatic; contrived.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

狗 gǒu
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes
血 xiě
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “melodramatic”

WordPinyinMeaning
洒狗血 (灑狗血)sǎ gǒu xiěto overreact; melodramatic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 狗血.

WordPinyinMeaning
狗狗gǒu gōu(coll.) dog; doggie
小狗xiǎo gǒupup; puppy
狗屁gǒu pìbullshit; nonsense
走狗zǒu gǒuhunting dog; hound
狗肉gǒu ròudog meat
狗屎gǒu shǐcanine excrement; dog poo
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood
血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)

See also: Japanese symbol for “melodramatic”.

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.

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