霸道总裁

霸道總裁

bàdàozǒngcái

noun

Meanings

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

Characters

chief / general

to decide / executive

Examples

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 ài shàng wǒ nà zhǒng xiǎoshuō.

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

现实里真要遇到霸道总裁，可能只想报警。

Xiànshí lǐ zhēn yào yù dào 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