Sa gouxue means 'splashing dog blood' and is slang for melodrama laid on past the point of taste. Coincidences, amnesia, dying declarations and screaming confrontations are the usual ingredients. Viewers use the phrase as a complaint, and the adjective gouxue, 'dog-blood', describes any plot that feels overwrought. In writing on Royal Nirvana the question is what separates sa gouxue from tragic beauty.
Dramas
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