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Chinese Drama · 2026
折月亮 · Zhé Yuèliang
The final book of Zhu Yi's (竹已) Nanwu trilogy (南芜三部曲), after Hidden Love and The First Frost. Lu Yuxiao (卢昱晓) plays Yun Li (云厘), a socially anxious young woman with mild hearing loss in her left ear who moves to the fictional city of Nanwu for a master's degree to prove she can live on her own. There she runs into Fu Shize (傅识则, Lin Yi/林一), the prodigy who was her high-school 'white moonlight'. Directed by Zhang Boyu (张博昱), 27 episodes. Premiered November 5, 2026, streaming exclusively on iQIYI with a simultaneous TV premiere on Jiangsu TV.
折月亮
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Cultural history, classical references, memorable quotes, and the Chinese idioms worth knowing.
Every Chinese premise calls Fu Shize Yun Li's 'white moonlight' (白月光). Where does the phrase come from, why is it paired with a cinnabar mole, and what does it tell you about When I Meet the Moon?
Is When I Meet the Moon (折月亮) a Hidden Love sequel, a First Frost spin-off, or something else? How Zhu Yi's Nanwu trilogy fits together, who crosses over, and what order to watch it in.
Who is Fu Shize, who is Yun Li, and which When I Meet the Moon (折月亮) character links back to Hidden Love? Every name in hanzi and pinyin, with how they connect.
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