#Cdramas

[foxofninetales]

One of the big differences I've noticed from getting into Chinese dramas is how spoiled you get from gifsets of shows you've never watched. You see a gifset from an American show of one person cradled in another person's arms, pierced with multiple arrows and spitting blood, and suddenly you've been spoiled for a major character death. You see the same thing in a Chinese drama and you've gained a net zero information wise.

#cdramas #great for people who don't like spoilers #terrible for those of us who are trying to figure out how a drama ends #was that the epic final sacrifice or just another day in the jianghu

[linghxr]

50+ fundamental crime, suspense, & mystery Cdrama vocab words

I'm currently watching 《模仿犯》, so I was inspired to put together this list of essential vocab for 犯罪剧/悬疑剧/推理剧. I tend to gravitate towards dramas that fall into these genres.

I've sorted the words into categories. These were determined by vibes only. Definitions are adapted from MDBG, my loyal companion for nearly 10 years.

The Case

案子 ànzi - case / law case / legal case / judicial case

案件 ànjiàn - case / instance

办案 bàn'àn - to handle a case

破案 pò'àn - to solve a case

报案 bào'àn - to report a case to the authorities

命案 mìng'àn - homicide case / murder case

作案 zuò'àn - to commit a crime

现场 xiànchǎng - the scene (of a crime, accident etc) / (on) the spot / (at) the site

证据 zhèngjù - evidence / proof / testimony

真相 zhēnxiàng - the truth about sth / the actual facts

The Investigation

厘清 líqīng - to clarify (the facts) / clarification

线索 xiànsuǒ - trail / clues / thread (of a story)

细节 xìjié - details / particulars

痕迹 hénjì - vestige / mark / trace

追踪 zhuīzōng - to follow a trail / to trace / to pursue

追问 zhuīwèn - to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter

排除 páichú - to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out

嫌疑 xiányí - suspicion / to have suspicions

怀疑 huáiyí - to doubt (sth) / to be skeptical of / to have one's doubts / to harbor suspicions / to suspect that

跟踪 gēnzōng - to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking

不对劲 búduìjìn - fishy / wrong / not right

隐瞒 yǐnmán - to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth

The Victim

被害者 bèihàizhě - victim (of a wounding or murder)

受害者 shòuhàizhě - casualty / victim / those injured and wounded

幸存者 xìngcúnzhě - survivor

失踪 shīzōng - to be missing / to disappear / unaccounted for

消失 xiāoshī - to disappear / to fade away

绑架 bǎngjià - to kidnap / to abduct / to hijack / a kidnapping abduction / staking

遗体 yítǐ - remains (of a dead person)

尸体 shītǐ - dead body / corpse / carcass

拯救 zhěngjiù - to save / to rescue

寻人启事 xúnrénqǐshì - missing persons notice

The Perpetrator

嫌疑犯 xiányífàn - a suspect

嫌疑人 xiányírén - a suspect

歹徒 dǎitú - evildoer / malefactor / gangster / hoodlum

凶手 xiōngshǒu - murderer / assassin

一伙儿的 yìhuǒrde - in on it together

开枪 kāiqiāng - to open fire / to shoot a gun

鬼鬼祟祟 guǐguǐsuìsuì - sneaky / secretive / furtive

可疑 kěyí - suspicious / dubious

认罪 rènzuì - to admit guilt / to plead guilty

自首 zìshǒu - to give oneself up / to surrender (to the authorities)

下落 xiàluò - whereabouts / to drop / to fall

动机 dòngjī - motive / motivation

犯罪 fànzuì - to commit a crime / crime / offense

The Police

报警 bàojǐng - to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police

警察 jǐngchá - police / police officer

警方 jǐngfāng - police

警官 jǐngguān - constable / police officer

刑警 xíngjǐng - criminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察)

被捕 bèibǔ - to be arrested / under arrest

包围 bāowéi - to surround / to encircle / to hem in

监控 jiānkòng - to monitor

检查 jiǎnchá - inspection / to examine / to inspect

调查 diàochá - investigation / inquiry / to investigate

排查 páichá - to inspect / to investigate one by one

质问 zhìwèn - to question / to ask questions / to inquire / to bring to account / to interrogate

前科 qiánkē - criminal record / previous convictions

Bonus: Here's a list of dramas I have seen/am watching in these categories:

《想见你》 Someday or One Day

《开端》 Reset

《消失的孩子》 The Disappearing Child

《她和她的她》 Shards of Her

《镇魂》 Guardian

《模仿犯》 Copycat Killer

《不良执念清除师》 Oh No! Here Comes Trouble

Now go forth and enjoy some more dramas! I'm a slow watcher, so I add new shows to my watch list faster than I can finish them.

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[chinzillas]

🍜 THE BLOOD OF YOUTH - EP.5

#the blood of youth #cdramaedit #cdramas #asiandramasource #cdramasource #i miss the besties #annagifs #i'm alive btw im just v busyyy

[gusucloud]

"There is a harmony In autumn, and a luster in its sky." P.B. Shelley

#Cdramas #cdramaedit #cdramasource #multifandom #love between fairy and devil #my journey to you #till the end of the moon #love like the galaxy #the untamed #mine #mygifs #colors #good omens season two

[girlslovenet]

Welcome to GIRLSLOVENET! Your new source for girls love asian dramas content on tumblr. The blog is focused on sharing original visual creations related to girls love asian dramas. We track #girlslovenet.

#admin post #girlslovenet #asiandramanet #asian dramas #girls love #girlsloveedit #wlwedit #thai dramas #cdramas #kdramas #twdramas #jdramas #gap the series #love senior #pluto the series #the handmaiden #bad buddy #girlfriend project day 1

[killerandhealerqueen]

wow, you are not subtle

I'm sorry your boyfriend's an idiot

#sass watches cdramas #the spirealm #cdramas

[hailaphrodite]

Welcome to POISON HOUSE, starring the following beautiful men who hate each other:

soft baby who is always cold

his loyal bodyguard (hates all the others)

serious brother issues (elder)

serious brother issues (younger, feral; approach with caution)

guy who might be immortal

guy who isn't allowed in poison house but in his defense he got bored so if you think about it he HAD to sneak in

Look no further for intense weirdos with way too much knowledge about which plants can kill you and BIG hang-ups about normal things like "women" and "going outside". Everyone is wearing the most gorgeous outfit you've ever seen. Everyone is 10 out of 10 off the wall bonkers insane. None of them have correctly identified the multiple assassins in their midst. There is one (1) sister in this family and she has decided she's the main character out of sheer self-defense and you know what, I would too

#*climbs out of tumblr cold storage with a cdrama shitpost* #my journey to you #a title that prepares you NOT AT ALL for the situation #the levels of drama here are extreme and unrelenting (positive) #the first time the feral one smiled with teeth I think I screamed #we haven't even gotten into the beautiful female assassins whose homoerotic frenemyship is getting me through the week #zhang linghe #yu shuxin #yun zhi yu #cdramas

[fckmyylife]

Seeing him ON TOP OF SOMEONE…KISSING HER…is not good for my health. NOT in a jealous way bc i ain’t pathetic af, but in a delusional way like HE KNOWS IM SICK IN THE HEAD!

but in all seriousness, I hope people that have never watched cdramas before treat this one with respect. You may not know how cdramas work, they are different to kdramas and Asian dramas in general are NOT just korean dramas. Chinese youth dramas have a healing slice of life feel to them that brings comfort to many and some are really emotional too. if you’re going to disrespect Exclusive Fairytale you’re disrespecting the whole genre which is unfair.

#jun #junhui #exclusive fairytale #wen junhui #zhang miaoyi #when i fly towards you #cdrama #chinese drama #cdramas #jun x reader #junhui x reader #wen junhui x reader #svt #seventeen #scoups #jeonghan #joshua hong #woozi #hoshi #wonwoo #dk #dokyeom #mingyu #minghao #the8 #vernon #dino #seungkwan #seventeen x reader

[foralleternityidiot]

I’ve fallen back into the romantic drama hole on netflix. No one save me. It’s better here.

#hidden love #king the land #love to hate you #see you in my 19th life #kdramas #cdramas

[julielilac]

"INFINITY" Teaser

#build jakapan edit #build jakapan #build jakapan puttha #buildurluve #beyourluve #thai actor #thai actors #infinity the series #infinity mini-series #bylfy infinity #ActorBIUisBACK #BuildForInfinity #my gifs #I need this teaser in 4K #why is it only available in 720p 😭😭😭 #cdrama #cdramas

[linghxr]

Another 50+ crime, suspense, & mystery cdrama vocab words

This is a follow-up to my post from last summer sharing 50+ fundamental vocab words. I just finished 《隐秘的角落》 The Bad Kids and 《沉默的真相》 The Long Night, plus I watched 《猎罪图鉴》 Under the Skin last year. So let's take a deeper dive with 50+ more words!

Definitions are adapted from MDBG. I tried adding standard 国语 pronunciation too but might have overlooked some. 请多多指教！

Format: 简体 | 繁体 读音 | 台湾读音 (Simp.) | (trad.) (pronunciation) | (Taiwan pronunciation)

The crime

主谋 | 主謀 zhǔmóu - mastermind / ringleader

共犯 gòngfàn - accomplice

杀人犯 | 殺人犯 shārénfàn - murderer

凶杀 | 兇殺 xiōngshā - to murder / assassination

当场 | 當場 dāngchǎng - at the scene / on the spot

勒死 lēisǐ - to strangle

死者 sǐzhě - the dead / the deceased

案发 | 案發 ànfā - (of a crime) to occur or take place

出事 chūshì - to have an accident / to meet with a mishap

遇难 | 遇難 yùnàn - to perish / to be killed

逃跑 táopǎo - to flee from smth / to run away / to escape

包庇 bāobì - to shield / to harbor / to cover up

勒索 lèsuǒ - to blackmail / to extort

The evidence

罪证 | 罪證 zuìzhèng - proof of guilt / evidence of a crime

佐证 | 佐證 zuǒzhèng - evidence / proof / corroboration

证明 | 證明 zhèngmíng - to prove / to confirm the truth of

目击者 | 目擊者 mùjīzhě | mùjízhě - eyewitness

人证 | 人證 rénzhèng - witness testimony

物证 | 物證 wùzhèng - material evidence

作证 | 作證 zuòzhèng - to testify / to serve as evidence

销毁 | 銷毀 xiāohuǐ - to destroy (by melting or burning)

死因 sǐyīn - cause of death

解剖 jiěpōu | jiěpǒu - to dissect / to autopsy

血迹 | 血跡 xuèjì | xiějī - bloodstain

指纹 | 指紋 zhǐwén - fingerprint

遗物 | 遺物 yíwù - remnant

The breakthrough

吻合 wěnhé - to be identical with / to agree with

直觉 | 直覺 zhíjué - intuition

突破 tūpò | túpò - to break through / to make a breakthrough

疑点 | 疑點 yídiǎn - a doubtful point

异常 | 異常 yìcháng - unusual / abnormal

意图 | 意圖 yìtú - intent / intention / to intend

推断 | 推斷 tuīduàn - to infer / to deduce / to extrapolate

质疑 | 質疑 zhìyí | zhíyí - to call into question

站住 zhànzhù - to stop / to halt

住手 zhùshǒu - to stop / to stay one's hand

口供 kǒugòng | kǒugōng - oral confession / statement / deposition

The truth

如实 | 如實 rúshí - truthfully / according to the facts

实情 | 實情 shíqíng - the actual situation / the truth

坦白 tǎnbái - honest / forthcoming / to confess

大白 dàbái - to be revealed / to come out (of the truth)

开脱 | 開脫 kāituō - to absolve / to exonerate

翻案 fān'àn - to reverse a verdict

清白 qīngbái - pure / innocent

无辜 | 無辜 wúgū - innocent / innocence / not guilty

不在场证明 | 不在場證明 bú zàichǎng zhèngmíng - alibi

放走 fàngzǒu - to release / to set free

The system

法官 fǎguān - judge (in court)

检察官 | 檢察官 jiǎncháguān - public prosecutor

看守所 kānshǒusuǒ - detention center

公安局 gōng'ānjú - public security bureau / police department

派出所 pàichūsuǒ - local police station

法医 | 法醫 fǎyī - forensic investigator / forensic detective

制服 zhìfú - to subdue / to check / to bring under control

配合 pèihé - to cooperate with

传唤 | 傳喚 chuánhuàn - a summons (to the police) / subpoena

布控 bùkòng - to deploy surveillance / to put under surveillance

举报 | 舉報 jǔbào - to report (to the police)

出警 chūjǐng - to dispatch police to the scene

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[chinzillas]

Can I sit down? I've been hustlin' all day I can't even count how many souls I've made Off the same deal you're on Remember, the Devil ain't a friend to no one

#the untamed #cql #wei wuxian #cdramaedit #cdramasource #cdramas #asiandramasource #dailyasiandramas #userfra #tuserkinga #tuserashinlae #baek1nho #thoresque #useryd #slowly nods yeah #annagifs

[zhanglinghez]

#till the end of the moon #chineseartistsinc #chinesemedia #cdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiandramasource #useryd #udeokmis #userxlh #userkimchi #samblr #*_mine_* #tteotmedit #cdrama #asian dramas #chinese dramas #cdramas #tteotm #tantai jin #ye xiwu #luo yunxi #bai lu #罗云熙 #白鹿 #长月烬明 #chang yue jin ming #cyjm

[iconskdramas]

- hidden love

• please like if you save

#hidden love #zhao lusi #icons #icons cdrama #cdramas

[killerandhealerqueen]

I could not be in a xianxia because everyone goes towards the danger and I'm just like let's leave

#sass watches cdramas #chinese paladin 4 #cdramas

[maria-taiwin]

I'm seeing people denying the actual importance and good quality and merits The Untamed had just for their personal issues.

Folks, you can have your personal tastes, you can repeat the usual discourse novel vs drama all over again, but it's really dumb and blind denying the actual facts: how this drama even after 4 years is still a major hit in cn charts, it won a lot of awards in mailand - many of the most important critics' awards - its popularity count billion views, millions got literally obsessed, not just normal liking, and started a community of content creators. A chinese artist managed to get her paintings based on The Untamed to a museum exhibition in the homeland. Two chinese olympians skaters did their program at China Gran Prix of Figure Skating with The Untamed soundtrack in 2019.

Many international people discovered the danmei genre or cdramas in general thanks to it and approached into this large world after seeing and loving it. Finally this genre got the big deserved attention and not anymore underrated. Thanks to The Untamed's popularity, the english amateur translation of Scum Villain, first in hiatus, then restarted and finally finished. Tencent ordered 2HA's live action right on the crest of The Untamed's popularity. And so on.

The impact that The Untamed had and still has, in Asia and beyond, is truly big and unparalleled. There's no doubt this drama has a special place in many fans' heart and even changed our lives for how much it had rearranged our brains.

Seeing people having trouble admitting these actual facts, attempting to deny it (I've read the crazy opinion that The Untamed is loved mostly by westerns in order to miscredit his true chinese heritage and uh my god???) and spreading fake news, misinformations and biased opinions without even watching the drama, dismissing the good stuff it had, is truly surreal and dishonest. You may not love it, it's your business, but do not pretend it's not loved or worthy of people's love and spread bullshit for simple envy over its success D:

#the untamed #cql #wangxian #mdzs #xiao zhan #wang yibo #danmei novels #cdrama #danmei #someone have to tell it #you can dislike or whatever #but being blind and stupid on purpose on its actual importance and how much is loved and has merits #mmmm #i can't stand it #cql wwx #cql lwj #china #cdramas