"melodramas" in Chinese (Simplified)
情节剧
Definition
情节剧是指戏剧、电影或电视剧等，通过夸张的情感和明显的正反派角色，用情感故事强烈打动观众的作品。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
“情节剧”通常指情感夸张、不够现实的作品，有时带有批评意味，用来说某个作品“太戏剧化”或“过于煽情”。常见于电视剧和老式剧院。
Examples
Many old movies are melodramas with clear good and bad characters.
许多老电影都是**情节剧**，角色有明显的好坏之分。
Some people love watching melodramas on TV every evening.
有些人每天晚上都喜欢看**情节剧**。
The theater group performed three melodramas during the festival.
剧团在节日期间表演了三部**情节剧**。
Modern audiences often laugh at the over-the-top scenes in old melodramas.
现代观众经常会笑老**情节剧**里夸张的场面。
She's a big fan of Korean melodramas and can talk about them for hours.
她是韩国**情节剧**的超级粉丝，可以聊上几个小时。
Even though some melodramas are predictable, people still get caught up in the drama.
即使有些**情节剧**剧情很容易猜到，观众还是会被剧情吸引。