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Has it ever occurred to you that in a distant time & place, what counted as appropriate contextual cues for determining sex & gender were vastly different?

For example, in ancient Chinese times, long hair was regarded as a dead giveaway that the person was male. In contemporary Western society, not so much.

If you're just going to stick to your present-day provincial perspective, modern Hollywood movies are widely available & accessible.

At the very least, try showing some respect & consideration for other people by stop spamming the comments section with your amateurish critiques that aren't even remotely constructive, not to mention, much more "annoying" than the FL could ever possibly be (except according to latent or blatant misogynistic opinions, apparently).

Not sure, because I'm relatively new to MDL, but didn't it start out as a K-drama site? Even now, MDL publishes more articles about K-dramas than C-dramas plus all other Asian dramas combined. And don't K-drama MDLers easily outnumber C-drama ones?

This would suggest that on MDL, C-dramas are underrated and their ratings more trustworthy (or at least less un-trustworthy).

A woman's heartrate increases when she becomes pregnant. So theoretically, if doctors know the baseline HR of their patients prior to pregnancy, they could make a good estimate of the (conditional) probability of pregnancy from a Bayesian statistics point of view...along with other priors & contextual cues (such as "morning sickness" or "hot flashes").

Is this "scientific" by contemporary standards? No, but fairly accurate & effective in ancient times without modern technology. This tradition wouldn't have been around for thousands of years if it were a complete "myth."

If the 8.7 score were due primarily to "prerating," why was it only 8.2 or so after 2 or 3 episodes?

Doesn't 2 or 3 come before 12 or 13?

Even if you're wrong, I doubt anyone's going to correct you because MDL lists this series under the "Romance" genre first.

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), turtle soup is supposed to boost vigor & vitality (essentially energy aka "qi" in Mandarin Chinese pinyin).

I see it as somewhat analogous to the Western psychological concept of "flow state," but with a more physical component (e.g. increased blood flow).

Others (including some commentators here) interpret turtle soup as a kind of ancient Chinese "Viagra!"

Huh? I'm not mad at you; I don't even know you.

You asked a question & I gave you an honest (four-part) answer. If you wanted a DIS-honest answer, you should've requested it.

Yes, that's why I made sure to include only the biased ones.

There's absolutely no reason why mature & secure K-drama fans cannot admit that, in some respects, C-dramas are as good or better than K-dramas. I have no problem acknowledging that K-dramas currently make better modern mystery
& horror series, for instance.

Unfortunately, not to (biased) South Korean lovers...that have a bigger fanbase for dramas to back up their (biased) opinions.

That's why I intentionally placed quotation marks around "lowly" & "inferior."

(1) How can anyone adequately answer your question without knowing your personal tastes & preferences?

(2) By merely glancing at the ratings & comments, it's not that hard to figure out that plenty of people find this C-drama worthwhile.

(3) The minority of people (unless they're trolls) that don't think this drama is worth watching likely won't be hanging out here to see your question, let alone answer it.

(4) Based on your username, I'm guessing you're a typical K-pop & K-drama fan who wants to see us C-drama fans beg you to watch our lowly & inferior (to biased South Korean lovers) Chinese entertainment
products.

Either that, or you're seeking attention and validation because in the time it took to post your comment, you could've seen for yourself whether this C-drama is worthwhile (to you). But maybe you don't want to risk wasting a few minutes of your life on a "lowly" and "inferior" cultural experience.

China has nearly one-and-a-half-billion citizens (approximately one billion netizens, give or take a couple of of hundred million).

They must all think ZKL is better than CL, so they must all be "crazy."

I would say that someone who keeps watching dramas from a country whose entertainment industry is not improving at all is the "crazy" one,
but I don't because I try not to mock other people(s) or cultures that don't share my point of view.

One of the cast members got cancelled, which explains a lot of the editing issues.

But I'm sure even your cinema student "friend" can successfully and completely edit out an actor with a not-so-insignificant role because s/he (they) must be an AI expert as well.

Actually, most clueless toddlers show more self-awareness
and less self-centeredness.

At this point, the OP is just trolling us.

Maybe their mama never taught them that if & when you cannot say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Of course not. But mocking other culture(s) does.

You can un-like something without expressing disgust and contempt, especially when that something is someone else's culture and heritage on which they base their life values.

Feel free to decline this or that (cultural) experience. But do so respectfully. Or, do you not understand the meaning of
respect?

Again, if watching ancient Chinese men flying is so incredibly "ridiculous" and
"unbearable" for you, stop!!

But then, you wouldn't get your opportunity to insult, offend & troll by playing dumb. Or, maybe you're not playing...

If you still don't like this genre, why do you keep watching it?

When you accidentally bang your head on something, do you then intentionally keep banging it over and over again?? And, for no apparent reason, randomly tell people you don't even know about it? Over and over...again and again...

Almost all racists don't think they're racist.

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You say you don't want to insult Chinese culture and then, immediately proceed to do so again in the very same post. You may be right...maybe you just don't get it and, judging by your response, likely never will.

HELLO?!?! This is is historical FANTASY FICTION!! Ancient Chinese people didn't actually fly in the same way that an alien planet called Krypton hadn't actually existed (before it didn't actually blow up). It follows that a flying alien "Superman" that landed in the American
Midwest of all places and just coincidentally happens to look exactly like a prototypical White Midwestern male doesn't exist either. And so on and so on..

Anyone who isn't a blatant bigot could see that the former scenario is much less "ridiculous" or "unbearable" than the latter...and I say this as someone who read a lot of DC Comics when I was a kid!

In the meantime, try watching other Zhou Ye dramas. Or, maybe some other C-dramas featuring (female) generals.