2020 Chinese Dramas Sampler
Out of all the Chinese dramas that aired on 2020 (started after 24 December 2019, and finished before 8 January 2021), which are the few that you recommend everyone to at least give a try?
Feel free to add your favourites, or those that you think will stay in history as the best/most representative Chinese dramas of 2020!
Only 15 votes each, to accentuate the bite-size feeling!
EDIT: Voting ends on January 21st 2021!!!
- A thousand years since the battle between the demons and heavens took place, the souls of the Star of Mosha and the God of War are sent to the mortal realm to ...more
- Having finally sold her TV series script, aspiring screenwriter Chen Xiao Qian soon falls under the scrutiny of the male lead, who refuses to act out the role. Vowing to make her ...more
- Three troubled youths, each from a dysfunctional household, find comfort in each other and form a chosen family. Eldest brother Ling Xiao, second brother He Zi Qiu, and youngest sister Li Jian ...more
- Jiang Jun, a bright and idealistic girl with dual degrees in economics and psychology, works for a philanthropy organization after graduation. Her life takes a turn when her father's accident forces her ...more
- This story revolves around the cold and icy "male god" professor Zhang Si Nian and the calm and sunny Yun Shu. After a fractious first meeting, where Yun Shu dressed down the ...more
- In their youth, Li Yu Bing, a timid boy, and Tang Xue, a short track speed skating girl, shared a common dream of ice sports despite Tang Xue's bullying. Reunited at Lin ...more
- On a hunt for treasure and extra cash, sixth-year primary school student Shi Guang discovered an old Go board in his grandfather’s house. Upon touching the Go board, he was possessed by ...more
- It tells the love story between a genius doctor and an actress who are two people who both refuse to have their marriage arranged by their parents, yet realize that love is ...more
- Queen of Qing Qiu, Bai Feng Jiu, is the only red nine-tailed fox in the world. One day, Feng Jiu is attacked by a savage beast while seeking cultivation in the mountains ...more
- It is the sixth century CE and the Qi Kingdom, in what is now Eastern China, is a land at war. The young teenage prince Xiao Yan Zhi, a prodigal young military ...more
- Sang Tian, an aspiring figure skater, dreams of attending the same university as her mother. After failing the entrance exam, she disguises herself as a male hockey player to join the college ...more
- This drama centers around a commanding female CEO and a compassionate doctor who, for practical reasons, transform their pretend relationship into a genuine love story. After saying their vows, they embark on ...more
- A 22-year-old hopeful and kind-hearted pop star named Nuan Nuan is forced to reinvent herself after the girl group she is a member of disbands on the night of its debut. Overnight, ...more
- A young boy brought up by wolves falls in love with a young Ma Zhai Xing, the daughter of a general and noble lord. Wrongly accused of killing the godbrother of the ...more
- Working at the Zijing Hotel, Gu Sheng Nan was an underestimated commis inside the kitchen, but she was free to express herself through her food as she sharpened her skills as a ...more
- Lu Yi is a cold, ruthless and authoritative high-ranking officer of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei (also known as the Brocaded Guards for their elaborately embroidered uniforms). The Jinyiwei are part of the ...more
- A story that follows three children from a coastal town who unintentionally film a murder scene. As the kids become involved with the suspect, it opens up a case that is far ...more
- A love story between an accomplished career woman and a younger man. He Fan Xing's company is at risk of being acquired while her relationship with Yuan Song faces societal pressures due ...more
- A notorious general and an aristocrat's daughter hold each other's hands to spend a lifetime together while protecting what's precious to them. Shen Jin grew up as the unfavored daughter of a ...more
- The story follows the amnesiac detective Jian Buzhi who starts on a quest to find the truth and unmask his father's killer. Along the way, he finds a love interest and a ...more
- Fu Rong, the second daughter of the powerful Fu family, gains the gift of foresight after a life-changing illness. She foresees her marriage to the dashing Duke Su Xu Jin, but also ...more
- Set in the mid-1920s. A resourceful young police officer named Qiao Chu Sheng is on the trail of a brutal but devious killer. Realizing that the police force will need some extra ...more
- In 2008, Xiao Feng is a dejected e-sports team leader barely keeping his team together. E-sports is still in its infancy, and there is little money to be earned. Xiao Feng's team ...more
- Zhou Xiao, a bubbly university literature student who loves detective novels, is captivated by mysteries both on the page and in life. Her passion leads her to unexpectedly fall for Zhao Fan ...more
- A story that revolves around a Peking opera performer and a wealthy businessman who are brought together by their love for Peking opera. Set in the 1930's, it follows Shang Xi Rui, ...more
- The daughter of an impoverished family, Xue Wen Xi knows all about hardship. Willing to do whatever it takes to help take care of her beloved family, Wen Xi has gone to ...more
- A story that follows the quirky female investigator Tian San Qi as she searches for her long lost 'brother' and cracks many cases along the way. Growing up, Tian San Qi had ...more
- An unfavoured princess with insomnia and a stone-faced general investigating a suspicious death were fated to meet, thus igniting a sweet and heart-wrenching romance. Ninth Princess Chu Yue has experienced long-term insomnia ...more
- On a cruise to the Bahamas, shy administrative assistant Chen Jia Xin and charming heir Wang Xi Yi have a one-night stand, complicated by a mix-up in identities. When Jia Xin becomes ...more
- The story of twin brothers who separated at birth but grew up to be supreme martial artists. Raised to take revenge on each other they soon find themselves becoming good friends. Together ...more
- The characters from season 1 meet again in an alternate universe. Each season is its own entity; they can be watched alone or in either order. Both seasons share the same characters: ...more
- In 15th-century China, a quick-witted, senior-ranking government official named Tang Fan takes a break from his routine activities in order to investigate a murder, teaming up with martial arts specialist guardsman Sui ...more
- When an extra gets hired to act like she has a crush on a CEO, the pretend romance becomes all too real. Wen Xiao Nuan has been trying to make ends meet ...more
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34. Reunion: The Sound of the Providence
Chinese Drama - 2020, 32 episodes3,492 points by 36 votersThe iron triangle Wu Xie, Pang Zi and Zhang Qi Ling restart their adventure after receiving an unusual text from Wu San Sheng. Wu Xie, Pang Zi and Zhang Qi Ling have ...more - Years ago, Yan Ke secretly admired his schoolmate Xiong Yi Fan, but she never knew. Now, Yan Ke is a popular college student, adored for his charm and talent as a budding ...more
- Don’t all mountain bandits love money? For a chest full of gold, Chang Le agrees to marry a duplicitous prince, marking the start of a beautiful romance. Chang Le is no longer ...more
- A coming-of-age story of a group of youths who grew up together. The story takes place in 2007; five children from Shu De Residential Compound enter high school together, welcoming the youth ...more
- Xiong Xi Ruo is a young female painter who infiltrates the family home of the powerful Li family to paint a copy of a precious item. However, her escape from the Li ...more
- It was an open shut case with hundred of witnesses seeing the murder suspect trying to dispose of a body and a signed confession from the suspect himself. And yet when the ...more
- Meng Hui, scarred physically and mentally from a childhood accident, copes with dissociative identity disorder, alternating between two personalities. Her chance encounter with cosmetics CEO Shen Yi leads her to impulsively declare ...more
- Zuo Qing Ci, a Marquis's son posing as a physician, seeks the elusive Mountain River Painting scroll for the Imperial Courts. He encounters Fei Kou Er, a mysterious bandit with a hidden ...more
- A beautiful coffee shop owner, Zhong Mei Bao, suddenly dies in a condominium at the Horizon Tower. When she died, her face still wore a doll-like makeup, hence the case was referred ...more
- Shen Zhao Er is the daughter of the palace-appointed doctor and grew up with Ji Heng, the son of an official of the king. In an incident of poisoning concerning a royal ...more
- Set in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Moyun Academy is the top school in the realm, with a prophecy foretelling that one of its students will bring back the Dragon King and the ...more
- The story follows spirit doctor Bai Qi as he travels the world, helping spirits overcome their obsessions. During his journey, he crosses paths with the cheerful Lin Xia, a familiar face from ...more
- Single since birth, Yuan Qian and Qin Shen are two people who will probably end up being single for life because they want to. Set against the backdrop of an art school, ...more
- Luo Qiu Chi escaped into the mountains as a child and has experienced setbacks ever since. When he meets student Wen Ren Juan, he too enrolls in Zhuxiu Academy, keeping his true ...more
- Set in the Liu Song Dynasty (420-479), with powerful aristocrats clamoring for power, the people of the Liu Song Empire have succumbed to the ensuing chaos. Desperate to bring peace to his ...more
- A story about food and romance follows Hua Xiao Mai as she falls in love with a bodyguard. Through her passion for the culinary arts, Hua Xiao Mai starts small and slowly ...more
- Lin Xi Chi is a college student majoring in veterinary medicine. She is well-liked and known for being bright and cheerful, although, on the inside, she is more insecure than she would ...more
- A young cartoonist intentionally gets near Ji Yan Xin, a cold and arrogant professor. Qi Nian, a girl with a straightforward personality, hopes that interacting with Ji Yan Xin will inspire her ...more
- Chong Xue Zhi, young mistress of the Hall of Flames, embarks on her first journey into the martial world. She encounters Shangguan Tou, the master of Moon Valley, who becomes devoted to ...more
- Third Prince Pang Yu and Minister Feng Xi have been inseparable friends, but their bond is tested when they meet the brave and beautiful Dong Yue. A general in the Dingyuan Rebellion, ...more
- In modern-day China, a quiet, shy young female student named Meng Yuan works hard at her dream of becoming a leading practitioner of Chinese traditional medicine. But on one fateful day, she ...more
- Xu Yi Ren loses both her relationship and career in one night. Her close friend, Xia Di, recommends her to an architectural firm as the assistant of the CEO. However, during the ...more
- Quirky and unconventional Zhan Qing Hong grew up well enough, but she never shared the dreams most treasured by her peers. While other girls dreamed of marrying well, Qing Hong dreams of ...more
- Nie Xing Chen is the new assistant of Yan Jing Zhi. Despite meeting for the first time, she already knew the difficult daily habits of her boss. He is an arrogant CEO ...more
- Su Jia Nan, once a social outcast, has built a successful writing career, leaving her painful past behind. But when she becomes entangled in a family inheritance dispute, her dreams of becoming ...more
- The story follows a forensic examiner Ran Yan, as she investigates the truth around her mother's suicide and solves murder cases one at a time. Ran Yan is an eighteen-year-old destitute noblewoman ...more
- The story follows a girl, Fang Yan, who is a talented voice actor, but suffering from mental illness. She accidentally encounters Shi Meng, a film producer who can help cure her illness, ...more
- A high school student time travels 20 years earlier to meet her mother in her younger days. Li Jin Bu and her mom have always leaned on each other. A magical journey ...more
- Late in the 10th century, the Liao dynasty was at the zenith of its power. The omnipotent Liao ruled much of what is now Northeast China, Mongolia, Russia, and the Korean Peninsula. ...more
- After six years of marriage, Ling Xun Xun files for divorce, finding herself free once again. But her joy is short-lived when she gets into a fender-bender and is saddled with a ...more
- The drama follows the perspectives of three 30-year-old women and tells the story of urban women who encounter multiple pressures at the age of 30. Gu Jia, a full-time wife with strong ...more
- To ease her grief over her brother’s death, Gu Qing Zhou plans to change her name and conceal her identity. She tries to avenge her brother by going after the people who ...more
- In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era, young Lu Ping escapes the wicked forces of Shanhai Tower and discovers his spiritual identity in a moment of enlightenment – or rather, his ...more
- In early 12th-century Da Chu, war looms as the Imperial court is rife with corruption. After the cruel Emperor kills Empress Yao Mo Xin, her vengeful spirit enters her younger sister, Yao ...more
- Jiang Shuo is in the business of buying haunted houses and selling them. He crosses paths with Qin Yi Heng, a psychologist searching for his father, and Yuan Mu Qing who is ...more
- Shen Yi Yi lives in the city and has excellent cooking skills. When she was young, she was friends with Shen Die Yi. Die Yi abruptly dies of a cough and her ...more
- An extraordinary girl meets the swimming legend with zero experience in romance. What will happen when one shock makes him fall in love with her at first sight? Mei Wei Wei is ...more
- Lin Miao, a successful events manager from the year 2020, accidentally time travels back to 2010. She receives a mission revealing that if she wants to return to the future, she must ...more
- Born smart, Nan Xi never struggled with academics in school, but his time there wasn’t easy. Living with social anxiety, he struggled to find his place in a world that always felt ...more
- Luo Tian Ran is a fiercely independent and strong-minded young woman with a high sense of self-worth and dreams of making a splash in the music industry as a songwriter. However, due ...more
- Mu Jue Chen is the Qian Mu Mountain Pavilion's Young Master. Dashingly handsome, exceptionally clever, and skilled in the martial arts, he is beloved by his subjects. Unfortunately, he is also exceptionally ...more
- A story about the worries of youth as they enter adulthood is told from the perspective of four girls who are about the graduate from college. Being someone with no power nor ...more
- Because of a lawsuit, fashion designer Zhou Fang meets Song Lin. They're mismatched from the start but forced to cooperate due to interdependence in their lives and work. Having two hard-headed people ...more
- Fu Jiu Yun is an immortal deity who falls in love with a mortal woman with whom he longs to have a relationship. Plenty powerful yet unable to win her heart, he ...more
- Six survivors of a car accident are trapped in a mysterious river valley where hair-raising events ensue. What is the shocking secret in the valley? The lone survivors of a deadly accident ...more
- Qin Chi is a Deputy Chief Police Officer who awakens from a coma with amnesia only to learn that he apparently led a team of his close friends on a stake-out that ...more
- An ordinary college student accidentally becomes entangled in the open warfare and veiled strife of a complicated world. The Eight revolves around martial arts experts of Jianghu in the face of seismic ...more
- It tells the story of a court intern who falls in love with her work and goes on her way to become a judge bringing justice to those who need it. Qiao ...more
- The police are investigating a case that involves a death directly caused by a rare bug known as the bullet ant. In order to clear his name, Tan Jingtian, an Insect toxicology ...more
- The university life of a group of medical students unfolds in a grounded youth drama about finding yourself, rejecting labels, and pursuing dreams. Southeast Medical University has just started a new school ...more
- When Zhao Zhen discovers his biological mother is not the Empress Dowager Liu E, but her maid Li Lanhui, he arranges a marriage between his beloved daughter Princess Fukang and the Li ...more
- Xia Lin Xi’s senior year of high school was as perfect as anyone could ever hope one’s would be. With good friends, good grades, and a bright future ahead of her, she ...more
- A young man goes to Hong Kong to study psychiatry for a pressing reason. His family has a genetic disease that caused his mother and brother to be diagnosed with schizophrenia at ...more
- After losing her brother, Chu Yao, to an accident, Li Luo Shu, an orphan living across the street, takes his place in the family to help care for her mentally unstable mother. ...more
- Su Nuan Xia made a promise to her dad to take the basketball team to victory. When she bumps into an ace player, she does everything she can to get him to ...more
- Three female friends – Li Si Yu, Gu Xiao Ling, and Zhang Zhi Zhi – have a close bond and a shared goal: to make a success of their busy urban lives. ...more
- Gao Shan is a highly skilled investment and fund specialist who plans to get revenge against the people who have caused the death of his father. The first step of his plan ...more
- Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases. Lin Mo is the student ...more
- Miss Su Wen Li, a beautiful and witty socialite, forms an unlikely detective duo with the righteous and serious inspector Luo Qiuheng. Despite their many differences, the pair share an undeniable chemistry ...more
- Ten days, a kidnapping game, 4 million in ransom and a mystery at its heart. With the 'victim' turning up dead, have the stakes become far too real? Yu Hai is the ...more
- Han Yuan Niang is the eldest daughter of the Han Family, which holds military power at the northern border. She disguises herself as her twin brother Han Shi Yi, who passed away ...more
- Dastardly thieves hatch a murderous plan in a quiet, sleepy town. They plot to seize a box containing a powerful weapon that has the potential to bestow its bearer with devastating powers. ...more
- Fang Si Jin is a rising star at her real estate company headquarters. Her mentor dispatches her to the Jinyi branch in Shanghai, which has been suffering from declining sales. Si Jin ...more
- A workplace drama that follows a manager who has been repeatedly passed over for a promotion and his new intern. They work hard to make it in the financial sector in Shanghai. ...more
- Set during a time of reform in the 1980s, this is a story about youth and love that revolves around 6 families living on Mayang street in Guangzhou. Ou Xiao Jian is ...more
- It follows the Qin State during the late stages of the Warring States era. Ying Zheng, Lu Bu Wei, Li Si, Wang Jian, and many formidable politicians work together to unite the ...more
- It is based on the story of young cartoonist Xiong Dun who encounters double setbacks in love and the workplace. In the face of adversity, she bravely fights her illness and spreads ...more