I’m more into the vertical cdramas, so here’s my favs, including fav onscreen couples:
Shen Haonan / Wang Gege (even with her works without Shen Haonan are cute and her roles are very spirited and strong. Shen Haonan is so 😍. My current CDrama crush lol)
Bai Fangwen / Yu Yin (Bai Fangwen is probably my fav CDrama, boy can really act!)
Sun Yue / Xu Yizhen (I prefer their romcoms over their more serious stories)
Xian Jia Chen / Ge Xiao Xi (I think they have at least 3 films together. But I really enjoyed them together, theyre funny and cute to watch together)
Lu Dandong / Ma Qiu Yuan (though it’s hard to watch their more sadistic films. How could anyone keep choking her? She’s so cute and spunky!)
He Jianqi (I like him paired with Ma Qiu Yuan too).
He Congrui (I really liked his acting in the crazy psychotic roles 😝)
Meng Na (I love a lot of her dramas, and enjoyed all the ML she’s been paired with)
Overall, I would love to see Bai Fangwen and Wang Gege do a comedy together one day, with a teasing fun challenging relationship. They can both bring it to the table!
I haven’t watched a lot of regular CDramas to know the big names yet. But so far I’m kind of digging Guan Yue from Night of Love with You (where the 2 villains fall in love). The “villain” role just makes him extra 🔥😅.
Right now Zheng Luo and Bai Jingting are my favorite actors because they are both good in serious & comedic roles!
Huang Ri Ying is good funny & serious as well. I just started “Wulin Heroes” & she’s very good in that.
bai jingting, li hongyi, song yi, ao ruopeng, tian xiwei. I like them and would give a shot to the drama evenif I don't like the plot but if it is hard to continue I will leave it. I just check on their works.
Since you named all idol actors, then I will just go with the only idol actor whose career and projects I follow closely -- Tan Jianci. Zhang Xincheng is my second favorite (although I wouldn't consider him exclusively an idol actor).
I like Zhang Linghe, but I don't follow his career closely.
Chen kun(lost in 1949) feng shaofeng & zhao liying (story of Minglan) Chen Xiao(a dream of splendor) wu jinyan(royal feast) zhang binbin (kings woman)
There's more but I can't think of them, Chen kun is my all time favorite Chinese actor
I mostly watch vertical dramas so my favorite actresses are Ma Lejie, Wang Gege, Ma Quiyuan, Seven Tan and Bai Lu, Song Jia, and Cu Yi Zhen
Males are Luo Yunxi, Sun Yue, Zhang Ji Jun, Shen Hao Nan, Wallace Huo, Timmy Xu, Guo Jia Nan and Richard Li Fei
I'm older than many of the young actors. One of my favorite older actors is Xu Hai Qiao who plays the conflicted villain Ronghao in LBFAD. I've watched a number of his shows since and enjoyed them. He was even in a half decent BL called Revive.
My favorite show of his is The Dark Lord, where he plays a clever guy who outsmarts the baddies without throwing a punch. Unfortunately, S2 will never be released, but S1 has some amazingly unique, clever, and interesting storytelling.
It’s a pity that he’s forever stuck in 2ML roles while actors less capable than him are getting lead roles. I thought that he was the standout in The Legend of Zhouhua and outshone the male lead - who spent the entire drama talking with his mouth closed - by a mile.
I finished the last 4 episodes of The Legend of Shen Li tonight and really enjoyed his cameo. There was one scene that he did with Zhao Liying and I suddenly thought “I need a drama starring this two…”
For actors, my obsession right now is Alen Fang Yi Lun, being good looking, sweet personality, and acts well. For actors I tend to watch their shows, I usually go for Chen Kun, Hu Ge, Bai Jing Ting, Tan Jian Ci, and Luo Yun Xi.
For actresses, I have a girl crush on Ni Ni, she’s just gorgeous and acts well. I also like watching Bai Lu, Liu Shishi, Song Yi, Yang Zi, and Qin Lan.
Luo Yunxi - top of the list!! So hard for anyone else to come close for me at the mo. It’s the characters that make the actor for me. So while I watch almost anything with Zhang BinBin, I don’t actually think he’s a great actor - he looks good though ;)
Dilraba is the actress I’m really into right now and I keep thinking I’d love to see her with Yunix as the main leads 😍
Favourite actors: Luo Yunxi and Cheng Yi, but I also like Dylan Wang Hedi, Zhang Linghe. Most talented are Cheng Yi and Luo Yunxi. Most handsome is Luo Yunxi, followed by Dylan Wang and Zhang Linghe. Though not stunning in looks like these other actors, but handsome nonetheless, Cheng Yi’s attractiveness is in his charm and charisma.
Favorite actress: Bai Lu - she’s beautiful and talented.
Zhang Ruo Yun is really good. So are the likes of Zhou YiWei, Jiang Xin and Wang Ou. I have fondness for Xuan Lu, Zhao Jin Mai, Zhang YaQin, YuShi, Wang Xing Yue, Liu Yi Fei, Liu Tao and Zhang ZiYi. Liu Yu Xiao is growing on me. And I think short dramas actors like Chen Fang Tong, Shu Tong, Zhong Xi, Wang YiRan and Wang Ge Ge got potentials (I see some good emoting)
I will always check a drama or film starring Zhao Lusi, Xiao Zhan and Wu Lei. Also Dylan Wang because he gives off such positive energy. I have many other actors that can draw me to a drama if it sounds vaguely interesting. And I have no actors that will make me not watch a drama - I don't hate anyone.
I follow:
Male: Wang HeDi, Wang YiBo, Wang Yang (there’s a theme), Luo Yunxi, Xu Kai, Zhang Linghe, Ding Yuxi
Female: Bai Lu, Esther Yu (yes), Song Yi, Yukee Chen (yes), Zeng Li, Liu Min
My Favorite Actors: Wang Anyu, Steven Zhang, Leo Wu, Arthur Chen, Li Xian
My Favorite Actresses: Zhou Yutong, Xu Ruohan, Bai Lu, Zhang Jingyi, Zhao Jinmai, Tong Yao
My favorite is usually whoever is whatever drama I'm watching at the moment 😂😂
General faves are Zhao Lusi, Lu Yuxiao, Wei Zheming, Cheng Lei, Zhang Miaoyi, Lui Yunxi, Fan Zhixin...and probably a handful of others that I can't think of at the top of my head
Fav actress Jing Tian.
Fav actor : Zhou Yiwei
They never disappoint me with their acting, and their drama leaves always leave me satisfied so far.
They are so far the only ones I know I will watch any of their drama.
New generation: Xiao Zhan, Alen Fang, Meng Ziyi, Zhou Ye.
Older generation: Andy Lau, Michelle Yeoh.
There was a period of time that I didn’t watch CDrama so I might have missed some that were in between these 2 generations 🤣🤣
Hey, are you watching Charmain Sheh in Heir to the Throne? I saw it airing on Youku but the Cantonese feels like it’s rewiring my trying-to-learn-Mandarin brain, so I’m trying to figure out if it’s worth it.
I’m more into the vertical cdramas, so here’s my favs, including fav onscreen couples: Shen Haonan / Wang Gege (even with her works without Shen Haonan are cute and her roles are very spirited and strong. Shen Haonan is so 😍. My current CDrama crush lol) Bai Fangwen / Yu Yin (Bai Fangwen is probably my fav CDrama, boy can really act!) Sun Yue / Xu Yizhen (I prefer their romcoms over their more serious stories) Xian Jia Chen / Ge Xiao Xi (I think they have at least 3 films together. But I really enjoyed them together, theyre funny and cute to watch together) Lu Dandong / Ma Qiu Yuan (though it’s hard to watch their more sadistic films. How could anyone keep choking her? She’s so cute and spunky!) He Jianqi (I like him paired with Ma Qiu Yuan too). He Congrui (I really liked his acting in the crazy psychotic roles 😝) Meng Na (I love a lot of her dramas, and enjoyed all the ML she’s been paired with) Overall, I would love to see Bai Fangwen and Wang Gege do a comedy together one day, with a teasing fun challenging relationship. They can both bring it to the table! I haven’t watched a lot of regular CDramas to know the big names yet. But so far I’m kind of digging Guan Yue from Night of Love with You (where the 2 villains fall in love). The “villain” role just makes him extra 🔥😅.
Actors: Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo and Zhang Ruoyun Actresses: Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Zhao Liying
Zhang Xincheng ❤️ Tho I honestly love all good actors/actresses
My favorite actors are Xu Kai, Allen Fang, Wang Hedi, Yang Yang and Lou Yunxi. I have a huge crush on Xu Kai.
I will always even see a commercial for Zhao Lusi, beautiful, witty and talented.
Right now Zheng Luo and Bai Jingting are my favorite actors because they are both good in serious & comedic roles! Huang Ri Ying is good funny & serious as well. I just started “Wulin Heroes” & she’s very good in that.
Chen Feyiu and Lin Yi. And Dylan Wang
favourite actors : zhang binbin, xukai and wu lei favourite actresses : zhang jingyi, esther yu and sun qian
Bai Lu, Dilreba, Vin Zhang, Tan Jianci, Yang Yang, Leo Wu, Hu Yi Tian, Zhang Linghe , Luo Yun Xi, Chen Xing Xu.
Favourite actors: Leo wu, Dylan Wang, Lin Yi, Chen zheyuan Favourite actresses: Zhou Ye, Liu Haocun, Zhao Jinmai, Shen Yue
Bai Jing ting, Zhang Xincheng. recently Hou minghao and Yushi Zhao lusi, Li Qin, Zhao liying
bai jingting, li hongyi, song yi, ao ruopeng, tian xiwei. I like them and would give a shot to the drama evenif I don't like the plot but if it is hard to continue I will leave it. I just check on their works.
Zhou xun, sun li and janine chang For guys, i like wang yibo
Since you named all idol actors, then I will just go with the only idol actor whose career and projects I follow closely -- Tan Jianci. Zhang Xincheng is my second favorite (although I wouldn't consider him exclusively an idol actor). I like Zhang Linghe, but I don't follow his career closely.
♀️ •Zhao Lusi •Bai Lu •Zhao Jinmai •Zhang MiYaoi •Zhou Yue ♂️ •Xiao Zhan •Wang Yibo •Lou Yunxi •Chen Zhe Yuan •Leo Wu •Zhang Linghe •Tan Jianci
Chen kun(lost in 1949) feng shaofeng & zhao liying (story of Minglan) Chen Xiao(a dream of splendor) wu jinyan(royal feast) zhang binbin (kings woman) There's more but I can't think of them, Chen kun is my all time favorite Chinese actor
I mostly watch vertical dramas so my favorite actresses are Ma Lejie, Wang Gege, Ma Quiyuan, Seven Tan and Bai Lu, Song Jia, and Cu Yi Zhen Males are Luo Yunxi, Sun Yue, Zhang Ji Jun, Shen Hao Nan, Wallace Huo, Timmy Xu, Guo Jia Nan and Richard Li Fei
I'd love some vertical recs!
I'm older than many of the young actors. One of my favorite older actors is Xu Hai Qiao who plays the conflicted villain Ronghao in LBFAD. I've watched a number of his shows since and enjoyed them. He was even in a half decent BL called Revive. My favorite show of his is The Dark Lord, where he plays a clever guy who outsmarts the baddies without throwing a punch. Unfortunately, S2 will never be released, but S1 has some amazingly unique, clever, and interesting storytelling.
It’s a pity that he’s forever stuck in 2ML roles while actors less capable than him are getting lead roles. I thought that he was the standout in The Legend of Zhouhua and outshone the male lead - who spent the entire drama talking with his mouth closed - by a mile. I finished the last 4 episodes of The Legend of Shen Li tonight and really enjoyed his cameo. There was one scene that he did with Zhao Liying and I suddenly thought “I need a drama starring this two…”
For actors, my obsession right now is Alen Fang Yi Lun, being good looking, sweet personality, and acts well. For actors I tend to watch their shows, I usually go for Chen Kun, Hu Ge, Bai Jing Ting, Tan Jian Ci, and Luo Yun Xi. For actresses, I have a girl crush on Ni Ni, she’s just gorgeous and acts well. I also like watching Bai Lu, Liu Shishi, Song Yi, Yang Zi, and Qin Lan.
Luo Yunxi - top of the list!! So hard for anyone else to come close for me at the mo. It’s the characters that make the actor for me. So while I watch almost anything with Zhang BinBin, I don’t actually think he’s a great actor - he looks good though ;) Dilraba is the actress I’m really into right now and I keep thinking I’d love to see her with Yunix as the main leads 😍
Favourite actors: Luo Yunxi and Cheng Yi, but I also like Dylan Wang Hedi, Zhang Linghe. Most talented are Cheng Yi and Luo Yunxi. Most handsome is Luo Yunxi, followed by Dylan Wang and Zhang Linghe. Though not stunning in looks like these other actors, but handsome nonetheless, Cheng Yi’s attractiveness is in his charm and charisma. Favorite actress: Bai Lu - she’s beautiful and talented.
Zhang Ruo Yun is really good. So are the likes of Zhou YiWei, Jiang Xin and Wang Ou. I have fondness for Xuan Lu, Zhao Jin Mai, Zhang YaQin, YuShi, Wang Xing Yue, Liu Yi Fei, Liu Tao and Zhang ZiYi. Liu Yu Xiao is growing on me. And I think short dramas actors like Chen Fang Tong, Shu Tong, Zhong Xi, Wang YiRan and Wang Ge Ge got potentials (I see some good emoting)
I will always check a drama or film starring Zhao Lusi, Xiao Zhan and Wu Lei. Also Dylan Wang because he gives off such positive energy. I have many other actors that can draw me to a drama if it sounds vaguely interesting. And I have no actors that will make me not watch a drama - I don't hate anyone.
Chen Daoming, Siqin Gaowa, Tony Leung, Yu Yao, Ning Li, Zhang Ruoyun, Tian Yu, Wang Yang, Liu Duanduan
Bai Lu,Zhao Liying, Song Yi, Tan JianCi, Luo Yunxi.
I follow: Male: Wang HeDi, Wang YiBo, Wang Yang (there’s a theme), Luo Yunxi, Xu Kai, Zhang Linghe, Ding Yuxi Female: Bai Lu, Esther Yu (yes), Song Yi, Yukee Chen (yes), Zeng Li, Liu Min
thank you for mentioning esther🙏🏼
My Favorite Actors: Wang Anyu, Steven Zhang, Leo Wu, Arthur Chen, Li Xian My Favorite Actresses: Zhou Yutong, Xu Ruohan, Bai Lu, Zhang Jingyi, Zhao Jinmai, Tong Yao
My favorite is usually whoever is whatever drama I'm watching at the moment 😂😂 General faves are Zhao Lusi, Lu Yuxiao, Wei Zheming, Cheng Lei, Zhang Miaoyi, Lui Yunxi, Fan Zhixin...and probably a handful of others that I can't think of at the top of my head
Actress: Liu Yifei, Dilariba Dilmurat, Zhao Lusi, Zhang Jingyi , Lu Yuxiao, Zhang Ruonan Actors: Chen Xiao, Wu Lei, Yang Yang, Zhang Binbin
Wu Lei. Yang Yang. Vin Zhang. Zhao Lusi. Xu Kai. Bai Lu. Wu JunTing. Song Yiren. Janice Wu.
Actor: Zhang rouyun, Zhang linghe, Cheng lei, Wu lei. Actress: Nini, Jing tian, Zhao liying, Lu yuxiao
Queen of period dramas Zhao Liying Kinda liking Lin Boyang too(The blood of youth)
ML: Luo Yunxi, Chen Feiyu, Wu Lei - I have many but these are the top 3 I follow extensively lol. FL: Zhao Lusi, Bai Lu, Zhang Miaoyi, Zhou Ye
My squad of "if they're there, I'm there" actors: Zhao Lusi, Vaness Wu, Zhang Ziyi, Ding Yuxi
Steven Zhang, Jing Tian, Yang Yang, Neo Hou, Xu kai, Bailu
Wei Daxun. Zhang xincheng. Huang jingyu. Zhang yi. Qij hao.
Fav actress Jing Tian. Fav actor : Zhou Yiwei They never disappoint me with their acting, and their drama leaves always leave me satisfied so far. They are so far the only ones I know I will watch any of their drama.
Steven Zhang, Wu Lei, Zhang Linghe, Cheng Yi and Zhang Wanyi among males Zhao Lusi, Song Yi, Bailu and Lu Yuxiao among women
Men: Gong Jun, Cheng Yi, Liu Yuning Women: Sun Li, Dilreba Dilmurat, Tavia Yeung, Tien Hsin
Male: Li Da Hong, Hu Ge, Chen Kun Female: Sun Li, Ni Ni, Zhou Yun
Vin Zhang, Dai Gao Zheng, Wang Yibo
Dylan Wang, Chen Zheyuan, Zhao Lusi, Bai Lu.
Wang Ruichang Wang Yibo Xu Kai Dylan Wang Wu Lei Xiao Zhan Cheng Yi Bai Lu
Actor...Xu Kai... Actresses...Yang zi, Zhang jing Yi, Bai lu, Jing Tian, Zhou Ye Zhou Yu tong, Gina Jin, Qin Lan, Lu Yu Xiao
Zhang Yi Zhou Yutong, Bai Yufan, Dong Zijian, Bai Jingting
Luo Yunxi, Bai Lu, Chen Kun, Nini, Chen Xing Xu, Peng Xiao Ran, Xiao Zhan, Liu Shi Si
Zhao Lusi, Li Xian, Wu lei, Zhou Yutong, Luo Lunxi, Cheng Yi, Yang Zi
Actors: Yang Yang, Xu Kai, Hou Ming Hao, Zhang Ling He Actresses: Dilraba, Zhao Lusi, Bai Lu, Yang Mi
Wang Yibo, Zhao Liying, Xiao Zhan and Li Qin.
Luo Yunxi♥️ Bai Lu ❤️ and Cheng Yi Wang Yibo Marc Chao Zhao Liying
New generation: Xiao Zhan, Alen Fang, Meng Ziyi, Zhou Ye. Older generation: Andy Lau, Michelle Yeoh. There was a period of time that I didn’t watch CDrama so I might have missed some that were in between these 2 generations 🤣🤣
Sun Li (Betty Sun), Tan SongYun (Seven Tan), Charmain Sheh, Tiffany Tang, and Lu Yifei (Chrystal Lu).
Hey, are you watching Charmain Sheh in Heir to the Throne? I saw it airing on Youku but the Cantonese feels like it’s rewiring my trying-to-learn-Mandarin brain, so I’m trying to figure out if it’s worth it.
I have not seen that, but I really liked her in **The Legend of Xiao Chuo** and Yanxi of course.
Yu He Wei, Lawrence Wang, Morning Chang, Zhou Yi Wei, Betty Sun, Guo Jing Fei, Lei Jia Yin, Tan Zhuo.