SO MUCH Hidden Meaning in Their NAMES! Characters' Names Explained -Word of Honor [CC]

01:17 - Wen Kexing/Zhen Yan
09:44 - Zhou Zishu/Zhou Xu
12:35 - Gu Xiang
13:12 - Cao Weining
13:43 - Ye Baiyi/Luo Fumeng/Gao Chong/Shen Shen/Zhao Jing
15:17 - Zhang Chengling/Zhang Nianxiang
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[@Rebecca-qg5cp]

WoH is actually the first BL drama that's made it passed censorship, and managed to express the romantic relationship between the two male leads very openly, tenderly and successfully. I think it's a milestone in Chinese entertainment

[@silverstream233]

Wait really? What about older BL dramas like Guardian? It came out way before both CQL and WOH

[@kellyk5201]

@@silverstream233 of course there are many more good bl dramas before this, but those which are more explicit are usually blocked by censorship later on. Guardian drama changed the storyline a bit into brotherly love, also as for cql. In my own opinion, historical dramas like woh are easier to convey the emotions coz they can just reference from different poetries, so woh really did a great job in expressing the romantic relationship indirectly (but easy to understand) between the two main characters.

[@bobbysino6551]

Ikr🥳

[@winteryuki8010]

It's still not BL explicitly... same as Guardian and The Untamed. There are other "proper" BL dramas before this, like Addicted and Advance Bravely (with Gong Jun also) etc.

[@blackgold2521]

@@winteryuki8010 Actually it is. This story follows the book. If you're looking for sex or kissing. The book doesn't have it. Sooo, the drama definitely isn't going to have it. Priest just doesn't do kissing or sex. S/he does HEAVY flirting ONLY in the beginning but the focus is on the plot & the development of the relationship through the plot. However, there's no kissing, sex, or handholding in Priest's stories. The Untamed, Addicted, and Advance Bravely has sex but they're not written by Priest. The amount of Advance Bravely they'd HINT on screen is the amount they'd EVER give. There is way too much dubious consensual sex, outright rape, men in women's thongs in that danmei...let's just say the level of bl trash they had was excessive any more & they would have been shut down. Not only would have they shut down they would have increased restrictions like they did last time w/ Addicted.

[@misaartians675]

"he carried out his flirting spirit to the end of the world." lmao

[@cooclock7325]

LOL you make me rewatch the video. This is at 10:44

[@simstarz111]

That’s pretty much Wen Kexing, alright 😂

[@mephi9881]

No one can beat WKX in his flirting technique, it was his natural talent 😂👏👏

[@pine._.6225]

Yup.. that's wen ke xing🤣

[@ruo-ye]

He absolutely did! 😂

[@yang_er]

13:07 Thank you, I shall now proceed to go cry in my little corner. Cheng Ling really considered Gu Xiang his sister. I can't anymore

[@elizabethj.611]

he named his daughter "in memory of Ah-Xiang" I had to tell myself, don't cry don't cry don't cry...but I'm still crying

[@newname3718]

the moment he cried when AXiang "sneaked" in to see he was doing well in the Yueyang sect, he already see Axiang as his sister. Like you know how it felt when you are alone and you toughen yourself up and you can get through all sufferring without a drop of tear, and how all these just fall apart the very second you see your family checking on you and you cry out loud like a baby. yea, that.

[@huijuanxie6847]

i actually saw someone said Chengling could have had crush on Gu Xiang from the beginning but because he had known Gu Xiang only saw him as a younger brother, and later was marrying CWN so he never revealed it. AT FIRST i found it ridiculous but in one of the scenes, WKX was making fun of Chengling saying "I only have Gu Xiang. If you are okay, I can marry her to you." AND Chengling didn't reject! (In contrast, he made it very obvious that he didn't want to marry Xiaolian for several times through out the drama.)

[@mamaja-qn9nu]

As someone that is not versed on Chinese culture, I really appreciate how you take the time to research and explain things. Thank you

[@shawnyang435]

The script writer is definitely a huge fan of “Dream of the Red Chamber” (one of the Four Great Classic Novels). The last name of “Zhen”, the reference to “sticking pancakes”, and WKX likening A’Xu to a “beauty lamp” (the male lead in Red Chamber calls the female lead a “beauty lamp” cuz her health is delicate and a wind can easily extinguish her). There’s also a poem that’s partially taken from Red Chamber, but I forgot which one.

[@Rebecca-qg5cp]

She's definitely well read for sure ! :)

[@raptimitra2672]

I wish these books were available in English at least and also available in my country. I would love to read them.

[@peanutbutterjelly582]

@@raptimitra2672 its one of the four great chinese classic literature, well researched and translated to many languages, just google it, im sure youll find a engish version

[@yaongzzz]

Is it the Scirptwriter or the original author? cause their names are exactly from the novel so

[@shawnyang435]

@@yaongzzz Zhen Yan, the pre-ghost valley name for WKX, is made up by the script writer; in the book it’s just WKX. All the Red Chamber references (not related to names) are from the script writer too, not the author.

[@Diana0130Diana]

We highly respect our Queen, who gives us so many interesting information !

[@chloekuypers]

I really adore this type of video where we (non-Chinese speakers) can learn more about Chinese language and culture, deepening our understanding of the dramas/novels. You're really good at explaining it too! thank you so much for taking the time to make this video :)

[@scrsra1883]

Mandarin is so freaking fascinating! So many meaning, so many interconnections! Thank you, super interesting video (and very clear explanations!).

[@mochinh]

Yes, it is! With its history & culture, even within the written word itself has a meaning. You could just write 1 word & a whole history & story could be told

[@am1494]

Aaaah ‘A gentleman’s character should be as warm and as gentle, as smooth and as rounded as jade’ Chinese poetry really knows how to move my heart.

[@nimashaamali2102]

She's whipped for word of honour and I can relate. I love love love this drama

[@bobbysino6551]

Aren't we all🤧🤧

[@stepmaster9988]

This is actually funny because a few months ago she stated categorically that she’s not a BL fan. I still laugh at this whenever I see another of her WoH obsession videos pop up 🤣. Good BL changes lives!

[@nimashaamali2102]

@@bobbysino6551 Woh is the best bl adaptation ever for me

[@nimashaamali2102]

@@stepmaster9988 I understand her because I hesitated to watch bl too untill I read the novel heaven officials blessings. Then I read husky and his white cat then faraway wanderers. Now here I am 😂

[@stepmaster9988]

@@nimashaamali2102 ha ha! Ok. Started Killer And Healer purely by accident and I’m now obsessed with the four leading men in that amazing series even more than WoH

[@misaartians675]

not at me on the edge of tears when kè xíng bēi gù xiāng comes up ಥ‿ಥ

[@simstarz111]

Same 😭

[@hilaholo6822]

I still can't believe that priest wrote tian ya ke, almost a decade ago as it was so good

[@yunxuanli3784]

I know right and the plot is not old nor outdated at all even after 10 years!

[@T7Karou]

The live action made it way better than what it originally is, in my opinion

[@cooclock7325]

@@T7Karou I guess so at first. However, its main idea is important, so the drama version is based its ideas (Thank for the script writer keeps the central idea). Also, I think Priest was trying to write in different ways. In the novel, zhou zi shu is not thr center of the big events even thought he listens and makes logic guess. This is what zhou wants to be, out of big troubles. So the author kept him from some events in the story. (it did make me have a hard time to read and undersrand the novel 😂😂😂 ) The drama shows the big events which are hidden in the novel.

[@megabigblur]

Somebody needs to set up a publishing house in an English speaking country to get professional English translations done faster instead of having to dig around for amateur translations in bits and pieces from like 4 different fans for 1 novel. Full respect to the fan translators for doing it but it's far from an ideal situation.

[@siguredo]

客行還有一個說法：背水離鄉是為客，衍字無水是為行！衍分水行，人行水上，離鄉異客，是為客行！ 後面阿絮說「客行雖雲樂；不如早旋歸」也很好嗑，因為知道老溫一心奔赴死局，他用各種方式告訴他有人在四季山莊等著他需要他，真是太溫柔了！

[@cooclock7325]

哇(ﾟoﾟ;

[@hjyuan4041]

我的天哪 我念完你这一段我真的是要哭出来了

[@Rebecca-qg5cp]

Ah Xu's love saves him, keeps him in the sunlight every moment of every day

[@shifongyinaya]

这个解释好完美

[@Longlong-5]

As a native Chinese speaker I have to say I feel like I am illiterate when watching this drama and your explanations bc so much hidden meanings behind the story,lines, poems and names.Thank you for all of the information.

[@katiirabbi]

saaame, I had to pause so many times and google the verses they mentioned in the drama...like 既见君子云胡不喜, feel so illiterate

[@Han2000]

The same! 😂

[@gracezong8374]

沈慎不慎，赵敬不敬，龙孝不孝。这几个名字真的起得很符合人物啊！当然最戳我的还是客行悲故乡，从第一集就挂在我们头上的一把大刀

[@IAMASELENATOR92]

I like how you pointed out "Faraway Wanderer" and how it connects to Wen Kexing. I always thought it was referencing Zhou Zishu and how he wandered away from the martial arts world. But I guess it can apply to both.

[@zhangzhehanphtvwelcomeback7778]

To say as 32 years old rookie screenwriter her ideas is really amazing and very new and lively. Thanks miss Nada!

[@missaisohee]

How many WOH related videos are you making, really? 😆 I'll watch all of them.

[@ShinChan-cu8ns]

I really need more WOH nd untamed related ones...😀❤️😂

[@fuleielizabeth]

Thank you! When you said 40% of this video will be about one name, I immediately knew it was going to be Wen Kexing! His name just fascinated me to the end!

[@simstarz111]

Same, his name is so fascinating as his character himself.

[@rothchristina347]

SAMEEEEE

[@raptimitra2672]

This is the type of video I like to watch when an KZbinr shares incredible information on literature of their culture. This was really a fantastic video.

[@randomgirlwhoisobsessedwit2299]

I recently found your channel because of your lip reading in Word of Honor and wOw- thank you for opening me in these culture and beliefs- And now I binge watch all these kind of videos to understand and cry more-

[@CAT-dm7fr]

Same!!! I'm not even sure how I ended up here but this is my new favourite channel ❤️ it's super informative as my Chinese is not good enough to understand the very poetic/flowery lines

[@chen-mq1by]

AND from the line "行舟绿水前", there are literally characters 行 and 水 which just constitute 衍

[@360abdxyyzebd]

After watching your video, it seems to me it’s mostly the script writer’s brilliance that made this show so famous!

[@yingzhu8465]

80% references are already in the original novel. I definitely give credits to the screen writer for enriching the story, but the original novel is truly the real gem.

[@cassieho8373]

@@js_deniz 放屁

[@loustat4037]

The names are in the original novel so what do you mean?

[@yingzhu8465]

@@loustat4037 The script writer created the nane 甄衍 Zhen Yan and 罗浮梦 Luo Fumeng. And all other main characters' names are from the original novel 天涯客 Tianyake. The script is based on the novel. The credits are first to the original story writer.

[@cheriremily9360]

I love the explanation of the names. I could picture WKX naming this orphaned street child who follows him around after something he longs for 'home' and 'family'.

[@winteryuki8010]

The script writer is amazing. You're also super awesome for pointing out all the meanings behind everything :)

[@ctq4915]

I've seen people call Wen Kexing 'Wink Xing', which I love.

[@cooclock7325]

😂😂😂 a xu: what is my nickname?

[@peanutbutterjelly582]

@@cooclock7325 juicy shu

[@chenchen4004]

@@peanutbutterjelly582 wooow so cute!

[@020697Sasha]

These interpretations make me even more excited to watch more of 山河令. I'm an advanced Chinese learner, but I have such a hard time even noticing details like these. It all makes sense after you have explained it. Thank you!

[@luisanthonychau]

Don't worry. I am Chinese and none of the things she says crossed my mind when I watched the drama.

[@PhoekPaulus]

Your reveal about Cheng Ling; dauhgter, burst my tears T___T

[@lesliemeza4502]

"in memory of gu xiang" that's so sweet and sad omg

[@rothchristina347]

IM DEAD😭😭😭😭

[@jiajunl7574]

You missed one thing. Kexing and Gu Xiang appear simultaneously in one poem: 客行悲故乡. Here 客行 is Kexing, the same as the name in this drama. 故乡 pronounce as the same as Gu Xiang, though different characters. 悲 means sorrow, or feel grieved for something. Literally, this line means the travelling guest feels sorrow for his homeland. In this drama, you can interpret it as Kexing feels grieved for Gu Xiang. So if you know this poem, you would have expected a bad ending for Gu Xiang at the beginning.

[@killerpanda2086]

Zhang Nianxiang Such a beautiful name 😖 Immma go and cry now

[@poohkieness]

Im loving the love this drama is getting

[@chloeliu2262]

“子舒”真的是个好名字。好得很传统，很和美。的的确确就是父母想要给予子女的那种祝福和祈望。有一种中国式的温情在里面。

[@miseal4]

13:07 when you said "go cry", my eyes tears instantly T.T

[@ashielfaye]

This is like studying while having fun. Thanks very much😍

[@hjyuan4041]

虽然姐姐说的这些内容在中文语境中大家都懂了 但是看到你能用这么好的英语解释出来 真的很佩服 好喜欢 顺便还能学英语 感谢！

[@jennabui2420]

That would be so awesome if there is a season 2 for Cheng Ling’s story. I would love to see him and his daughter 🥺🥺

[@cooclock7325]

and his master and uncle could be an egg in his story😂😂

[@LaLaIsle]

@@cooclock7325 Oh, pls~~~

[@kellyk5201]

most probably not, coz the director said it would be hard to invite the same actors without clashing each of their own schedules

[@cooclock7325]

@@kellyk5201 I know, but this is a hypothesis that if there is a second season of the story. If this happen, two male leads should be invited to play clips of the story 😂

[@cooclock7325]

@@kellyk5201 and it would only takes a week or few days if they just play a small part of cheng ling's story.( remember, they have to be stay on the snow mountain to maintain their lives, they cannot be with chengling's side all the time)

[@kaixinsoh]

Why is my Literature teacher getting us to analyse Shakespeare? We should be breaking down Chinese dramas here

[@BeatrixMediodia]

This is where I learned why "Granting You A Dreamlike Life" is the title of ZYL's drama from 2018. Cuz both Fusheng and Ruomeng is a part of a piece. Woahhhhh

[@kechoify]

Are you kidding! Every minute i spent watching you for last 2 years (since i discovered you by chance) was/is meaningful and worth it. Thanks for taking time to enlighten us as usual.

[@smll4546]

Much respect and in awe of the Script Writer's wit and intelligence! Need to find out more about this writer and check out other work. Thank you @AvenueX for these wonderful translations!

[@leyakit]

It might be a shock, but WHO is actually the screenwriter's first work. She's brilliant for sure, can't wait for her other works.

[@janice_tsai]

建議你做一集分析天問和天涯客的歌詞，相信很多老外想學唱！

[@ISadIromanticIgirl]

"And Zhou Zishu was totally like fine, fine, whatever you wanna play with it" IM CRYING AND LAUGHING AT THE SAME TIME OMG ZHOU ZISHU!!!

[@lucifera00]

I see AvenueX's video with WOH in the title, I click - no question asked.

[@nimmieamee1988]

I love your intense enthusiasm for this topic. I sent your first video on Wen Kexing’s flirty poetry to my family, since we are collectively watching Word of Honor on our Tv night, and my mother, who is a literature and poetry teacher in our family’s home tongue, said, “You can tell that she really delights in language!” It’s so clear that you’re knowledgeable and thoughtful and your passion for these kinds of topics is infectious.

[@DocAgit-ls1hj]

Wow. from my Filipino-Chinese friends i kinda have an idea how difficult the chinese language is, but from your explanation i got to see how beautiful, and scary to learn, it is. thank you for your explanation, Ma'am

[@IAMASELENATOR92]

A lot of these names are also referenced in the ending song of the show. Because the ending song is all about how things are dream-like and you want to take life slowly and live a peaceful life drinking tea.

[@Shin-rz7eb]

i think ur just as smart as the scriptwriter cuz ur able to decode all her puzzles and I also fell in love with Chinese from watching ur videos your explanations are lovely. thanks

[@rebositc.3240]

Your videos are totally making me interested with Chinese literature, I remember we've studied some Chinese poems and songs but it wasn't explained well by our teacher. Also I totally understand why Chengling would name her daughter like that. From the beginning when they almost died, Gu Xiang came and when he was having a really hard time because he's being bullied by other disciples in Yueyang Sect, Gu Xiang came. Plus Gu Xiang and Chengling really had that sibling relationship. These characters really made a soft place in my heart as their home.

[@MSGPP]

my eyes teared up when gu xiang and wenning's name mentioned

[@mongi8319]

16:55 yup, in some interview ZZH (if i remember it correctly) said that if this was like common wuxia story then Chengling should be the main character

[@ShinChan-cu8ns]

Awwwww ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍... Directors of Word of Honour r even more clever than the Untamed ones.... 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻❤️😭 I m now desperately waiting for Immortality...😭❤️

[@ShinChan-cu8ns]

@@alenaxiong22 Noooo...😱😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@shockingheaven]

Mad respect for the script writer and all the thought put into a name that didn't exist in the novel

[@eunicepixie]

There is another interpretation of Zhou Xu's name that is worth sharing!!! In episode 2 when WenKeXing first knew ZhouXu's name is "willow", he commented "周而不比，身若飞絮“！ 周而不比(Zhou Er Bu Bi) originated from the Analects of Confucius(论语), describing someone that is fair and just; not bias and without favoritism. While 身若飞絮(Shen Ruo Fei Xu) originates from a poem named Zheguiling - Inchoate Passions (折桂令 · 春情). The original lines of Zheguiling translated are: "身似浮云(My body feels as a drifting cloud,)， 心如飞絮(my heart as willow catkins in the air,)， 气若游丝(my breaths as gossamer.)， 空一缕馀香在此(there is but only leftover incense,)， 盼千金游子何之(to wonder the whereabouts of the aristocratic wanderer.)" . In short it describes a young woman missing and long to see her lover! Awwwwwwww its so sweet to see how WenKeXing put these two lines together to describe the first impression of ZhouXu's name on the very first day they met! I just can't get enough of WoH!!! Read the original full translation of Zheguiling in huaqingsimeng.wordpress.com/2020/07/03/translation-xu-zaisis-zheguiling-inchoate-passions/

[@jocp131]

Oh...so sweet.....another interesting info...thanks for sharing.

[@pkwises4259]

Wowwwww!! Thanks for sharing. Love it!

[@robinwilson3322]

Just discovering Chinese Drama television programming. Your explanations adds so much to my enjoyment of Word of Honor. Thanks!

[@blevisky]

13:09 when she said 'go cry' i had just started tearing up lol just finished the show a couple hours ago this wound is too freshhh

[@micac7399]

I’ve never been this early I love your videos

[@Fer-jl8py]

I love the analysis on names, costumes, poetry, cultural references...it’s so interesting! Thanks for this!

[@mariaf.aguirrep4447]

Girl, you rock! This video and your explanations are so full of EVERYTHING we wanted to know about this drama! thank you!!!

[@xiuyiwang9536]

That was an amazing video, thank you for adding so much context to the show!!!

[@scatterbunny35]

I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned that the last character of Cheng Ling's name (岭 lǐng) is also used by Chinese fans online to refer to the show, because it is a play on the show's Chinese title 山河令 (shān hé lìng). The middle character is a homonym for "and" (和 hé). If you look at the components of 岭, it is literally 山 “和” 令 shān hé (meaning "and") lìng.

[@facem9102]

wowwowwow

[@iluvmugglenet2564]

This was a wholesome video..esp the bits at the end really left me feeling warm & wistful ❤️ makes me appreciate the drama team even more😭❤️❤️ thank you!

[@blueposey6598]

Brilliant! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. 🙏♥️ I am amazed by Priest’s and Xiao Chu’s awesome skills in using language and literature to add even more layers to these characters. Kudos to you for picking up on their clever puns 🤩

[@anddiadja]

Like first, watch later

[@lilyTlily]

Me three!

[@insane911g]

Thank you so much for these videos and your channel and all the interesting tidbits about what happens behind the camera in a Chinese drama. I’ve been watching Asian dramas with my family since 2007 and I’m so grateful that your channel allows others to grasp a deeper meaning of what we watch, despite where we all come from. It’s been a crazy journey with WoH, the Untamed and Guardian - but I’m happy to be here! 😊

[@vilena5308]

Thank you for sharing!!! Your time is appreciated. Names being important is a very universal thing but those with scripts like Hanzi definitely have more room to play around. So it is very nice and interesting to get this extra layer of understanding.

[@Silverosprey16]

I love that you did this! I'm always curious about name meanings in dramas/books and worry that I'm missing out on hidden info! Thank you so so much!

[@lyriabrokenwings]

Wow! Your explanation added so much flavour to the drama! I really enjoyed knowing the meaning of their names. Thank you!

[@waichin88]

I love how there's so many references/easter eggs in something so simple as a character's name. Thanks for putting this together! :)

[@antonioluciovivaldi4648]

Im sorry, but i seriously cried after you explained the meaning behind wen kexing, gu ciang, and nian xiang. The meaning behind these names makes it all the more devastating

[@lidu6363]

I really needed this video. I have been unsuccessfully googling more information about their names for the past couple of days...

[@plumblossomed]

Thank you. This was so informative. Everytime I watch one of your videos on this show it just opens whole new worlds of meaning! I so appreciate all the time and effort you put into producing these.

[@renata6114]

Thank you sooo much for this! ❤️❤️ I really appreciate your effort to make this type of videos! It is so interesting how these details add a whole new meaning to the drama!

[@jessyca9833]

omg all of your videos about poetry, classic literature, and history are PRICELESS

[@michi7-7]

This is such a good video. Thank you so much for the effort done in producing this and sharing information relating to Chinese literature. It’s really the first time I’ve chanced upon such video to do with detailed explanation/ elaboration on Chinese characters with cultural & poetry references and it’s made interesting as relating to a drama’s script. Mandarin isn’t my mother tongue, therefore your video is really helpful for me to decipher the implicit meanings. Would surely continue to follow your future works. : )

[@IllusionQueen4Eva]

When you said "Ke xing bei gu xiang", I immediately stopped the video. Didn't realize this video contained potential spoilers for the end of the drama, since there wasn't a spoiler warning in the video or the title. But I'm glad you explained why Ke and Xing make up the character Yan. Totally didn't get how 氵could mean 客.

[@maryambaharudin9783]

I love, love, love this type of content! It's feeding my love for SHL and everything related to literature commentary. It's beautiful ❤❤

[@NaBi_1307]

This drama is like an anion, layer upon layer upon layer ..

[@mandanal2232]

I just discovered your channel and as someone who is really interested in the Chinese language I'm so grateful for your videos! Especially the ones about Word of honour and the meaning of the poetry references and names, because it really adds so much to my viewing experience with this drama! So thank you for explaining it all in such a nice entertaining way

[@NoVILLAJewel]

I see you are also so obsessed with this drama like me 😆 More videos please I feel so empty after finishing the drama 🥺

[@chauswriting]

Keep the WOH videos coming jie, I’ll watch them all!!!

[@ivannayurchenko9393]

This is some precious Chinese nerdiness overload XD I loved it! Thank you for your wonderful work.

[@umiekalsom3981]

each time i come to your videos to educate myself, i feels like sitting in a chinese literature lectures that i never knew i needed. thank you Laoshi

[@sushmitasen2985]

Thank you for putting so much of effort for us. Your reviews and every minute and detailed information about this show has worked as an icing on the cake.Simply an entertaining and easy glossary to Word of Honor. Much love and appreciation!

[@MySaachin]

I stumbled across your channel only this morning and holly cow I am loving every video I've watched so far. I was looking for that extra layer to be explained in many aspects that paint this epic drama. You've certainly delivered. I am so glad I could learn all of these informations! Thank you a lot !!!! Xie xie 🥰

[@JS-um4nv]

your videos are so amazing, I'm learning so much (and encouraged to keep trying to learn Mandarin)! there's so much depth missing from these great shows with just subtitles and lack of classical Chinese education. It adds so much to the pleasure of watching and rewatching.

[@ajisai2528]

This was very much worth my while! I learned a lot, as I often do from your videos. Many thanks!

[@reinaldollano5677]

I love you’re storytelling... I always learn something and finding myself wanting more!

[@chiaram8317]

This video is SO good! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! And btw you made me cry at the end 💕

[@cooclock7325]

you know I go crazy, I watch so many videos about the drama, including reactions(40 mins long with each episode 😂😂😂😂

[@zylbygdfn6542]

I spend at least two hrs every day watching or searching anything woh and ZZH. I've never been so consumed like this for any drama. I even wake up in the middle of the night thinking about them. Even had a dream rolling down that mountain hole with ZZH. Lord helps me. 😄 🤣 😂 😆 😄 🤣

[@cooclock7325]

@@zylbygdfn6542 zzs my light moon ❤️❤️❤️

[@cooclock7325]

@@zylbygdfn6542 same, I have a hard time to withdraw myself from happiness and sadness of their story and their attractiveness😂I finished the whole story a week and a half ago, and I still in the drama. and Oh, I am full of jealousy now because why I do not have a dream to see them😂😂

[@afifahnabila3926]

You know what? Now, everytime I read a CN novel, and read a footnote from the translator about the idioms on that novel, I read it with your tone. your voice when explaining something, is stuck on my head. Lol 😂

[@joelhenry439]

I appreciate your work, I love the way you explain the cultural and literary references. I was searching for an interesting drama to see and just found, word of honor, and later your explanation about the literature references. I could be amazing learn mandarin in China and read the classics in their original language, thank you

[@simstarz111]

Thank you for sharing this, it was very much appreciated. Wen Kexing is my favorite character in WOH, so I’m happy to learn more about him. His name is very fascinating as his character himself. Such a sad meaning behind the name and the same for Gu Xiang. I’m happy that Cheng Ling named his daughter in memory of her, how lovely. The author and the scriptwriter really did an amazing job with all these names. Such brilliant people that they are. Very fortunate to have them as the storytellers of these amazing characters and their wonderful stories.

[@2wins_no_loses924]

Dear lady, u are brilliant! thank you very much. I could literally not learn this anywhere else. Lot of kudos to you~

[@LadyMusashi]

Your every video is worthwhile our time, even more so if it's WOH video. :D Thank you for keeping our shared obsession alive. :)

[@BOH487]

Would you believe it that I've only just finished watching Word of Honor, and have enjoyed it so much more because of your analysis on the poetry and language used in this drama. I've also enjoyed your video on poetry in Joy of Life and commentaries on WuXia and JinYong. Growing up in a non-native Chinese speaking society, I've never taken a strong interest in the language until now, in my older years when for some reason I feel an inexplicable pull to "XunGen". So thank you for these videos. They have opened a window for me, and you have shared your vast knowledge of Chinese poetry and culture in a way that's very accessible for bananas like me! JiaYou! Wishing you a happy, healthy 2022, may the stars shine brightly for you.

[@meristars]

Very worthwhile. Seriously thanks for this, would never has had a clue.

[@helendoremus8878]

I love these sorts of breakdowns that you do. I've been off and on studying Mandarin for years, and the characters and how they interact is something that's strangely hard to get people to discuss because you're just supposed to memorize them (whereas my brain wants to know "why?" all the time). Thank you!

[@li6523]

So informative and interesting. Thank you Avenue X for sharing. Love this kind of video.

[@dorapoch]

Love this video, got a couple of spoilers but it's okay because this content is exactly what I love about your channel.