Shorter CDramas
Many people are intimated by the 40 episode (or longer) length of standard CDramas. This is a list of excellent dramas with fewer episodes, ~15 eps or less. A good intro to CDramas without the intimidating episode count. And you may just appreciate the 40 episode length over time--many are excellent. Many of them are crime and suspense dramas that feature higher quality acting and production.
This does not include the ultra short mini and micro dramas China is also known for, with rare exceptions.
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1. Man Chang De Ji Jie
Chinese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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2. Fake It Till You Make It
Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
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3. Cat's Cradle
Chinese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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4. The Long Night
Chinese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
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5. Kai Duan
Chinese Drama - 2022, 15 episodes
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6. My Aletai
Chinese Drama - 2024, 8 episodes
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7. Wo Zai Ta Xiang Ting Hao De
Chinese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
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8. The Evil Face
Chinese Drama - 2022, 18 episodes
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9. Fan Cheng Zhi Xia
Chinese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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10. Da Wang Bie Huang Zhang
Chinese Drama - 2024, 14 episodes
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11. Gu Si Xiang Qu
Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
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12. To Get Her
Chinese Drama - 2019, 30 episodes
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13. The Lord of Losers
Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes
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14. The Lord of Losers Season 2
Chinese Drama - 2023, 24 episodes
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15. I'm From the Civil Affairs Bureau
Chinese Drama - 2022, 13 episodes
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16. Xian Wei Jing Xia De Da Ming
Chinese Drama - 2023, 14 episodes
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17. The Gutter
Hong Kong Drama - 2020, 15 episodes
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18. Together
Chinese Drama - 2020, 20 episodes
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19. A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower
Chinese Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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20. Interlaced Scenes
Chinese Drama - 2024, 15 episodes
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21. Lovely Us
Chinese Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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22. Lie Zui Tu Jian
Chinese Drama - 2022, 20 episodes
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23. Nobody Knows
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
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24. Candle in the Tomb: The Lost Caverns
Chinese Drama - 2020, 18 episodes
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25. Bionic
Chinese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
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26. Your Fukubukuro
Chinese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes