THE SHORT-DRAMA COLLECTION

Chinese Short Dramas

Explore 107 horizontal-format Chinese short dramas. Each entry includes its synopsis, cast, source information, and verification notes.

Official listings and subtitle claims do not confirm U.S. playback or full-series audio/video quality. Three titles have no verified official watch source.

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CHINESE SHORT DRAMA · HORIZONTAL

Love and Bid Farewell

情刺

Five years after her family is massacred, Gu Junyao uses a secret organization and an ambitious prince to pursue revenge. Palace intrigue and their growing attraction threaten to derail her plans.

Year: 2024
Episodes: 24
Minutes per episode: 15
Genres: Historical; Romance
Main leads: He Xuanlin; Yan Zixian
Original network: Tencent

WeTV source listing ↗

U.S. playback and full-series audio/video quality not verified.

Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Horizontal evidence: HORIZONTAL — SUPPORTED BY PUBLISHED VISUAL EVIDENCE

Format evidence scope: Official WeTV episode scene illustrations. EP1–3 show costume-drama characters across wide active frames, letterboxed inside landscape 640×360 images; there is no portrait-video inset. Identity: Love and Bid Farewell / 情刺 (2024); existing cast: He Xuanlin; Yan Zixian. Official title, 2024 release, Sally (He Xuanlin) / Yan Zixian and the matching revenge plot identify 情刺. Scope: Published images were visually inspected; no new episode playback, subtitle, full-series, U.S. or A/V certification.

English subtitle claim: Advertised (not playback-tested)

Subtitle limits: English source claim supported; actual caption rendering and whole-series continuity are not established.

Episode coverage claim: Complete official series

Coverage limits: CATALOG / SOURCE EVIDENCE ONLY — 24 numbered video entries; advertised total 24. Source listing only; entitlement and complete playback untested. Final EP24 page also inspected. This does not certify successful playback, U.S. access, subtitle continuity or uncensored/edit equivalence.

U.S. access: Official source exists but U.S. playback not directly confirmed

Audio/video scope: A/V quality unverified — audio not sampled; no approved direct drama-frame sample.

Source-specific access: No new title-specific gate observation; see existing access notes. U.S. status remains unverified.

Poster notes: Opened image; portrait artwork and displayed Chinese title checked. Reuse/hosting permission not established.

CHINESE SHORT DRAMA · HORIZONTAL

The Immortal Promise

寒枝折不断

After a prince betrays his spy, a commander takes her in; their effort to expose the prince leads to a new bond.

Year: 2022
Episodes: 21
Minutes per episode: 15
Genres: Historical; Romance
Main leads: Zhu Lilan; Li Fei
Original network: Mango TV

MangoTV official YouTube source listing ↗

U.S. playback and full-series audio/video quality not verified.

Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Horizontal evidence: HORIZONTAL — SUPPORTED BY PUBLISHED VISUAL EVIDENCE

Format evidence scope: The Paper, published episode-frame collage. The image is two stacked landscape scene frames, each about 1000×562, showing the leads with a MangoTV logo. The overall tall collage is not evidence of a vertical production. Identity: The Immortal Promise / 寒枝折不断 (2022); existing cast: Zhu Lilan; Li Fei. Article explicitly names 寒枝折不断, Li Fei / Zhang Xiaomei and Zhu Lilan / Zhou Qingzhu, matching the 2022 catalog production. Scope: Published images were visually inspected; no new episode playback, subtitle, full-series, U.S. or A/V certification.

English subtitle claim: Advertised (not playback-tested)

Subtitle limits: English source claim supported; actual caption rendering and whole-series continuity are not established.

Episode coverage claim: Unverifiable

Coverage limits: Provider has a compilation edition; complete original-to-provider edit equivalence not verified. Viki lists 7 compilation episodes. Existing catalog mini-series count is 21; no 1:1 episode mapping or complete playback established. Apple exposes EP1–6 with longer compilation runtimes. Matching Viki listing advertises English subtitles and seven compilation episodes. Apple U.S. catalog lists English subtitles; neither page proves U.S. playback.

U.S. access: Official source exists but U.S. playback not directly confirmed

Audio/video scope: A/V quality unverified — audio not sampled; no approved direct drama-frame sample.

Source-specific access: No new title-specific gate observation; see existing access notes. U.S. status remains unverified.

Poster notes: Full portrait ensemble art; 寒枝折不断 title and principal character credits readable. Visual-only approval; reproduction/hosting permission not established.

CHINESE SHORT DRAMA · HORIZONTAL

My Villain Husband

我的反派夫君

Bai Xiaotang enters a novel as the wife who abandons its villain at his lowest point. Knowing that role ends badly, she tries to rewrite her relationship with him and escape her character's fate.

Year: 2022
Episodes: 24
Minutes per episode: 10
Genres: Historical
Main leads: Li Fei; Su Shanshan
Original network: BesTV

OFFICIAL WATCH SOURCE NOT VERIFIED

Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Metadata notes: New synopsis supported by a retrieved Manmankan search excerpt; the full page fetch failed. Retain metadata checks before import. | TheTVDB episodes 19, 23 and finale 24 list ten minutes; BetaSeries corroborates 24 × 10 min. Source: https://thetvdb.com/series/my-villain-husband/episodes/9429950

Horizontal evidence: HORIZONTAL — SUPPORTED BY PUBLISHED VISUAL EVIDENCE

Format evidence scope: Other defensible published visual evidence: Yingleku trailer-preview scene images. Two labeled trailer-preview images show the leads together in white in a bedroom and Li Fei in black/red period costume. Both 640×400 images have natural wide scene compositions, not portrait-video panels or a standalone poster. Identity: My Villain Husband / 我的反派夫君 (2022); existing cast: Li Fei; Su Shanshan. The entry identifies 我的反派夫君 (2022), Li Fei / Su Shanshan and Bai Xiaotang entering 楚荻传奇, matching the existing drama, not My Villain Boyfriend. Scope: Published images were visually inspected; no new episode playback, subtitle, full-series, U.S. or A/V certification. The listing is used only for identifiable visual format support. Trailer playback and uploader licensing were not verified. The closed official-watch gap remains OFFICIAL WATCH SOURCE NOT VERIFIED; primary watch URL stays blank.

English subtitle claim: Unclear

Subtitle limits: No adequately verified official watch reference or reliable matching English-subtitle source claim. Captionfy broadcaster attribution is secondary and its missing-contribution message does not establish the original upload caption state.

Episode coverage claim: Unverifiable

Coverage limits: No adequately verified primary official watch reference; complete official coverage cannot be established. Not established

U.S. access: Unverifiable

Audio/video scope: A/V quality unverified — audio not sampled; no approved direct drama-frame sample.

Source-specific access: No new title-specific gate observation; see existing access notes. U.S. status remains unverified.

Poster notes: Title-matched My Villain Husband promotional poster visually inspected.

CHINESE SHORT DRAMA · HORIZONTAL

Butterflied Lover

风月变

A general hides his wife's mysterious infection while investigating a violent outbreak threatening their city.

· Finished

Year: 2023
Episodes: 22
Minutes per episode: 20
Genres: Historical; Romance; Fantasy; Horror
Main leads: Zhao Yiqin; Lü Xiaoyu
Original network: Mango TV; Sohu TV

iQIYI; Viki catalog link; U.S. playback unverified source listing ↗

U.S. playback and full-series audio/video quality not verified.

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Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Metadata notes: Already married three years; no conventional breakup; forced multi-year separation; open ending.

Horizontal evidence: Published title-specific evidence

Format evidence scope: Landscape described by title-specific reporting; playback unverified

English subtitle claim: Yes

Subtitle limits: English source claim supported; actual caption rendering and whole-series continuity are not established.

Episode coverage claim: Unverifiable

Coverage limits: Not independently re-established in this pass; retain edition limits in existing notes. Apple exposes first six episode cards; complete original-to-provider coverage remains unverified.

U.S. access: Official source exists but U.S. playback not directly confirmed

Audio/video scope: A/V quality unverified — audio not sampled; no approved direct drama-frame sample.

Source-specific access: Official iQIYI lists 22 episodes; existing catalog links Viki. U.S. full-series playback, English subtitle continuity, original audio and A/V quality were not independently checked for this release.

Poster notes: Opened image; portrait artwork and displayed Chinese title checked. Reuse/hosting permission not established.