The Rise of Micro Drama 微短剧有多火？
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ID: 10012
Intermediate
Welcome to 微短剧 — China's micro-drama craze, now bigger than traditional TV. In this lesson, hear a news report on why 600 million Chinese viewers are hooked.
Yvonne, Sean
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 微短剧 | wēi duǎn jù | micro short drama | |
| 追 | zhuī | to chase, or to binge-watch | |
| 超过 | chāoguò | to exceed, or more than | |
| 集 | jí | episode |
你知道吗？超过六亿的中国人在追微短剧。
Nǐ zhīdào ma? Chāoguò liù yì de Zhōngguórén zài zhuī wēi duǎn jù.
Did you know? Over 600 million Chinese people are binge-watching micro-dramas.
现在，很多人看微短剧的时间比看电视剧还多。
Xiànzài, hěn duō rén kàn wēi duǎn jù de shíjiān bǐ kàn diànshìjù hái duō.
Right now, many people spend even more time watching micro-dramas than watching TV dramas.
微短剧每集只有一到三分钟，一部剧大概有八十到一百集。
Wēi duǎn jù měi jí zhǐ yǒu yī dào sān fēnzhōng, yí bù jù dàgài yǒu bāshí dào yìbǎi jí.
Each micro-drama episode is only one to three minutes long, and a single series has roughly eighty to a hundred episodes.
虽然每集很短，但是有演员、有剧情，而且每集结尾都有一个悬念，让人忍不住一直看下去。
Suīrán měi jí hěn duǎn, dànshì yǒu yǎnyuán, yǒu jùqíng, érqiě měi jí jiéwěi dōu yǒu yí ge xuánniàn, ràng rén rěnbuzhù yìzhí kàn xiàqu.
Although each episode is short, there are real actors and a real plot, and every episode ends on a cliffhanger that makes you unable to stop watching.
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