宅斗

宅鬥
zháidòu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 domestic-intrigue subgenre of web fiction
  2. 2 'household scheming', a web-novel genre centered on rivalries among wives, concubines, and in-laws in a traditional-style extended family

Examples

Tā tèbié ài kàn zháidòu xiǎoshuō.
She especially loves reading domestic-intrigue novels.
Zháidòu de zhǔjué yìbān shì dà jiāzú de shùnǚ huò qièshì.
The protagonist of a 'household scheming' novel is usually a concubine or an illegitimate daughter in a large family.
Zhè bù jù shì diǎnxíng de zháidòu tícái.
This drama is a classic example of the household-intrigue genre.

Tips

culture
Sister genre to 宫斗 (palace intrigue, like 甄嬛传). Where 宫斗 stages its backstabbing in the imperial harem, 宅斗 moves the same knives-in-smiles dynamics into a wealthy domestic compound ( = residence).
register
Niche genre label used on Jinjiang Literature City and by readers of historical-romance web fiction. Often tagged as 女频 (female-oriented).

Stroke Order

zhái
dòu