watching the clouds unfold

blog for me to post about c dramas and Chinese language learning 🪷 was previously posting on @logically-asexual

[lotusandclouds]

hi! i created this blog to yap about chinese dramas and my mandarin chinese learning journey all in one single place! i used to post on @logically-asexual

xianxia romances are what i enjoy most. these are the c dramas i’ve watched so far (with my faves bolded):

the untamed

the longest promise

love between fairy and devil

journey of chongzi

word of honor

legend of zang hai

till the end of the moon

douluo continent

kill me love me

oath of love

blood river

love in the clouds

honorable mention to kdrama alchemy of souls

in progress:

love and crown

fangs of fortune

wishlist:

love like the galaxy

love is sweet

whispers of fate

and in terms of actors i’ve been mostly searching anything involving Xiao Zhan or Wang Zhuocheng cause i liked them lots in the untamed :D

i will try to make gifs and draw fanart as often as i can.

[whorerific]

wei wuxian is such a lesson in contradiction like he's so nice he's a jerk he's so smart he's very naive he's friends with everyone nobody likes him he's the best cultivator alive he can't use a sword he's a whore he's a virgin he's lazy he'll work for days without sleep he's so calm under pressure his temper is atrocious his ego is massive he has no self worth he's dead he's alive he's a saint he's a monster he's a victim he's a villain he's a great teacher he's a terrible student he's a charmer he's so so annoying he saves everyone's asses he's the reason they're in this mess he's a brother but not really he's a son but not really he's a father but not really he's a sect leader with no sect he's so selfish he puts everyone before himself he made so many choices there was nothing else he could have done like no wonder it's so difficult for people to understand him he's literally everything

[greenlemonissour]

[lotusandclouds]

Chu Huaming: it’s him! he’s targeting you, my Lord!

Zang Hai: 🥺🥺

the Marquis: him? this little guy? my beautiful baby boy who is always so sweet to me and whom I love more than my own sons? yeah right…

[starmist]

[sarawatsaraleo]

The way Chengqing look at each other in ep12

➥ Requested by Anonymous

[lotusandclouds]

instagram reels sometimes shows me (among actual chinese learning content) people teaching you to say weird or funny phrases in chinese

i just saw this one that began “how to say ‘you are my master’ in chinese…” and i thought “heh. joke’s on you i do know how to say that. 你是我的主人” and the girl proceeded to say exactly that lol

i barely know how to name groceries, places, colors, etc but if it’s useful in a c drama i’ve got it.

[therozanov]

WORD OF HONOR | episode 10

[jujuism-studies]

jiang cheng is the bicycle of the fandom, and basically of all mxtx works if we take into account the crossovers, because jc stans know that everyone's life can be improved by having their own jiang cheng in it

[echo-bleu]

Folding fan gang or something. In the middle of a major heatwave and it felt like a good time to draw some fans.

[lotusandclouds]

Chinese vocab i’ve picked up from Legend of Zang Hai so far

身边 (shēnbiān) - at (or by) one’s side

episode 1: “可是我明年再看时爹就不在我身边了”

中间 (zhōngjiān) - in between, during, in the meantime.

episode 10: “中间只有一个时辰”

想家 (xiǎngjiā) - to be homesick

episode 11: “怎么了 有想家了”

让 (ràng) - to make or have someone do something

episode 11: “我也不喜欢看那些我爹让我看的书”

世上 (shìshàng) - in the world, on earth

episode 12: “这个世上没有事什么是不可能的”

[thejingshi]

THE UNTAMED (2019)

[velvetvoidua]

star-crossed lovers

*unfinished (again)

[therozanov]

THE UNTAMED episode 3 WORD OF HONOR episode 2

[accio-victuuri]

xiao zhan for honor 600 series livestream ✨💫

[lanwangjihouse]

-Lan Zhaaaan!!!!

[sparvverius]

i like this picture so much. man you can't do that