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Chinese symbol for “overreact”

洒狗血
sǎ gǒu xiě
Traditional: 灑狗血
to overreact; melodramatic

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

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

洒 sǎ
to pour, to spill; to scatter, to shed; to wipe away
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
狗 gǒu
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes
血 xiě
blood
radical 143 ⾎ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 洒狗血.

WordPinyinMeaning
潇洒 (瀟灑)xiāo sǎconfident and at ease; free and easy
洒脱 (灑脫)sǎ tuofree and at ease; natural; unconstrained
喷洒 (噴灑)pēn sǎto spray; to sprinkle
挥洒 (揮灑)huī sǎto sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc)
洒水 (灑水)sǎ shuǐto sprinkle
洒落 (灑落)sǎ luòto fall downward in a scattered, lightly sprinkled manner (as light, petals, leaves etc); (literary) carefree and unrestrained; natural and
狗狗gǒu gōu(coll.) dog; doggie
小狗xiǎo gǒupup; puppy
血液xuè yèblood; (fig.) lifeblood

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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