庆余年

慶餘年

qìngyúnián

popculture

Meanings

1 Joy of Life (Chinese TV series, 2019-)
2 hit time-travel / palace intrigue drama

Characters

remaining; surplus

Examples

《庆余年》改编自同名网络小说。

《Qìng yú nián》 gǎibiān zì tóngmíng wǎngluò xiǎoshuō.

Joy of Life is adapted from the online novel of the same name.

我一口气把庆余年第二季看完了。

Wǒ yì kǒu qì bǎ Qìng yú nián dì èr jì kàn wán le.

I binged the second season of Joy of Life in one sitting.

张若昀因为庆余年走红。

Zhāng Ruòyún yīnwèi Qìng yú nián zǒuhóng.

Zhang Ruoyun shot to fame thanks to Joy of Life.

Tips

culture

TV adaptation of Mao Ni's (猫腻) web novel. Season 1 (2019) starring Zhang Ruoyun and Chen Daoming was a massive hit on Tencent Video; Season 2 (2024) was one of the most-anticipated C-dramas of the decade. Blends modern protagonist + faux-imperial setting, with wuxia, palace intrigue, and political scheming.

In Pop Culture

张若昀 Zhāng Ruòyún

Zhang Ruoyun

Chinese actor (b. 1988) who plays the protagonist Fan Xian in Joy of Life.

猫腻 Māonì

Mao Ni

Pen name of Xiao Ding, one of the top Chinese web-novel authors, best known for 庆余年 and 将夜.

Stroke Order

庆 qìng

余 yú

年 nián