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

Bound by Sin

鹅绒雪

An ambitious heiress hires a principled bodyguard, and their attraction clashes with family obligations and social divisions.

Year: 2025
Episodes: 20
Minutes per episode: 18–19 (sampled)
Genres: Republican; Romance
Main leads: Hu Yiyao; Hao Fushen
Original network: Youku

Viki source listing ↗

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

Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Metadata notes: | TVmaze EP1 lists eighteen minutes; EP4, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18 and 19 list nineteen. These are samples, not exhaustive timing. Source: https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/3154525/bound-by-sin-1x01-episode-1

Horizontal evidence: Published title-specific evidence

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

English subtitle claim: Advertised; playback not tested

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.

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

Roses and Guns

春日浓情

A woman enters a powerful household to investigate her family's murder, only to encounter the former lover who suspects she deceived him.

Year: 2024
Episodes: 18
Minutes per episode: 14
Genres: Romance; Republican; Revenge
Main leads: Dai Yanni; Dai Gaozheng
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

Metadata notes: Replaces Return of the Queen under the project's existing exclusion of 30-minute series. Official WeTV title page lists all 18 numbered episodes and Dai Yanni / Dai Gaozheng, dated 2024. CPOP gives a 14-minute reference and premiere 2024-02-12; this is nominal metadata, not a measurement of every episode. English-interface text does not establish English subtitles. The web extract used for this listing reports an older crawl; current U.S. availability must not be inferred.

Horizontal evidence: Published title-specific evidence

Format evidence scope: Landscape supported by published production/release evidence; playback unverified. DataEye's interview with Guopai CEO Chen Wen, republished by Blue Whale News, identifies 春日浓情 as a production made before the company's April 2024 move into vertical dramas, in the context of its prior horizontal-only business. Supported production-format evidence from a producer interview; no playback or exact aspect ratio measured.

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 — 18 numbered video entries; advertised total 18. Source listing only; entitlement and complete playback untested. Final EP18 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: Image opened in web image viewer on 2026-09-25. Full portrait artwork with readable 春日浓情 / Roses & Guns title and Tencent Video mini-drama branding. Visual/source match only; not a rights license or local image bundle.

CHINESE SHORT DRAMA · HORIZONTAL

Ten Years of Unrequited Love

十年倾城

Former lovers reunite after a forced ten-year breakup, uncover the truth and rebuild their relationship.

· Finished

Year: 2025
Episodes: 24
Minutes per episode: 13 (EP1 listing)
Genres: Modern; Romance; Second Chance
Main leads: He Changxi as Cen Siyuan; Ji Shuyi as Lin Miaomiao
Original network: Tencent

Rakuten Viki / WeTV; U.S. playback unverified source listing ↗

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

Read the published review →

Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Metadata notes: Second-chance former lovers; one breakup and approximately ten-year separation.

Horizontal evidence: Published title-specific evidence

Format evidence scope: Landscape supported by published production/release evidence; playback unverified. Industry coverage includes 十年倾城 in the July 2025 horizontal short-drama chart and identifies He Changxi; a separate production-awards report explicitly calls the Shaanxi Mango / Qujiang / Huashang production horizontal. Published evidence, not current player inspection.

English subtitle claim: Advertised; playback not 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: Official Rakuten Viki and WeTV listings checked September 30, 2026. Viki advertises English subtitles. U.S. episode playback: Unverified. Full English-subtitle coverage and quality: Unverified. Mandarin/original audio: Unverified. Audio/video quality: Unverified. A listing is not a completed playback test.

Poster notes: Title-matched 十年倾城 promotional poster visually inspected.

CHINESE SHORT DRAMA · HORIZONTAL

Night of Love With You

夜色倾心

A veteran comic-book villainess accidentally becomes the heroine of a new story. With its intended hero missing, she must navigate a disruptive plot and an unexpected connection with the male villain.

Year: 2022
Episodes: 24
Minutes per episode: 9
Genres: Fantasy; Romance
Main leads: Liu Xiening; Guan Yue
Original network: Tencent Video

WeTV source listing ↗

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

Sources & verification

Checked: 2026-09-26

Episode notes: Source recorded

Metadata notes: | Runtime discrepancy: inherited 9 minutes versus Plex nominal 12 minutes. Do not treat one fixed runtime as fully resolved.

Horizontal evidence: HORIZONTAL — SUPPORTED BY PUBLISHED VISUAL EVIDENCE

Format evidence scope: Official WeTV episode scene illustrations. EP2 man in a room and EP3 woman in a pink hoodie are full-width landscape drama frames. EP1 comic artwork is excluded as decisive evidence. Identity: Night of Love With You / 夜色倾心 (2022); existing cast: Liu Xiening; Guan Yue. Official 2022 title, Liu Xiening / Vento (Guan Yue) and comic-character romance premise match 夜色倾心. 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

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 full portrait artwork: 夜色倾心 title and Tencent branding legible. Visual approval only; original size and hosting rights not established.