posted by Germainetay87 on February 19, 2012 | 5 comments
Hey, I'm looking to expose myself to more colloquial chinese. Figured watching Chinese dramas might be a good way. Does anyone have any good Chinese drama serials to recommend?
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murrayjames on February 19, 2012 | reply
Check out the "Grand First Episode project" on Chinese Forums. The 19+ page thread is chock full of recommendations from a language learner's perspective.

http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/16784-the-grand-first-episode-project/
drummerboy on February 20, 2012 | reply
I've watched quite a few, here are some recommendations:

中国式离婚 (蒋雯丽,王志文)

天道 (王志文)

手机 (陈道明, 王志文)

我的青春谁做主

冬至 (陈道明)

黑洞 (陈道明)

玉观音

金婚 (张国立, 蒋雯丽)

国家干部 (王志文)

Of course this is personal preference, but I believe most Chinese (depending on age) will tell you most of these include the best actors in china (陈道明, 王志文,蒋雯丽, 张国立)。 Some of these are a few years old. Since we've had children, there hasn't been much time to watch Chinese dramas these days.
Elementary on February 20, 2012 | reply
谁来伺候妈is also a good one although the actors are not very famous,but the story is pretty Chinese.And 北京爱情故事 is not bad as well I think.
Echo on February 20, 2012 | reply
@Germainetay87,

There is also an old but good one I like: 摩登家庭 (modern family). A good show surprisingly produced by CCTV....

--Echo

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Xiao Hu on February 21, 2012 | reply
@Echo,

呵呵,我知道年轻中国人一般喜欢看湖南电视台,不怎么喜欢看中央电视台,对吧?《天天向上》,《超级女声》等,特别时尚的节目不都是湖南电视台出的吗? 中国人有一句话是这样说的,”湖南电视台出的是口头禅,中央电视台出的是内涵”,你觉得呢?