霸道总裁

霸道總裁

bàdào zǒngcái

noun

Meanings

1 domineering CEO (stock romance-fiction archetype)
2 overbearing rich male lead

Characters

chief / general

to decide / executive

Examples

HSK 7-9

她最爱看的就是霸道总裁爱上我那种小说。

Tā zuì ài kàn de jiùshì bàdào zǒngcái àishàng wǒ nàzhǒng xiǎoshuō.

Her favorite reads are those 'domineering CEO falls for me' novels.

HSK 7-9

现实里真要遇到霸道总裁，可能只想报警。

Xiànshí lǐ zhēn yào yùdào bàdào zǒngcái, kěnéng zhǐ xiǎng bàojǐng.

If you actually met a 'domineering CEO' in real life, you'd probably just want to call the police.

Tips

culture

Defining male-lead trope of 2000s-2010s mainland web romance: immensely wealthy, terse, controlling, monogamously obsessed with the unremarkable heroine. The catchphrase 你是我的人 (you belong to me) is a meme. Also widely parodied on Douyin and Xiaohongshu.

Stroke Order

霸 bà

道 dào

总 zǒng

裁 cái