抓马

抓馬

zhuāmǎ

adjective

Meanings

1 dramatic
2 drama
3 melodramatic (loanword from 'drama')

Characters

to grab (phonetic: dra-)

horse (phonetic: -ma)

Examples

这姑娘也太抓马了吧。

Zhè gūniang yě tài zhuāmǎ le ba.

This girl is way too dramatic.

别搞得那么抓马。

Bié gǎo de nàme zhuāmǎ.

Don't make it so dramatic.

她每次分手都特别抓马。

Tā měi cì fēnshǒu dōu tèbié zhuāmǎ.

Every breakup of hers is full-on drama.

Tips

culture

Phonetic loan from English 'drama' — 抓马 sounds like 'jua-ma', close enough to 'drama' for Chinese netizens to adopt it as slang around 2017. CC-CEDICT tags it (loanword) drama / dramatic / exaggerated.

usage

Overlaps with 戏精 ('drama queen' / drama-machine person) but 抓马 describes the situation/behavior while 戏精 describes the person. You can say 他很抓马 OR 他是个戏精.

Stroke Order

抓 zhuā

马 mǎ