<p>You can just learn the pronunciation in historical drama.
There are no doubt that the language you learn from historical drama must be out-dated language.Such as “盘缠” means money, but we all use “钱” now.</p>
<p>If you want learn language from TV play, i think you can watch urban drama instead of historical dram.</p>

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Kevin Yang
<p>Your worry is reasonable. Historical/fantasy TV series of China do use deprecated or ancient expressions which may not be suitable in modern daily use.<br />
I'd rather recommend documentaries or casual talk shows in CCTV-4 with dual subtitle, which use standard modern Chinese spoken by middle-class Chinese people.</p>

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What do you mean with *dual subtitles*?
Puco4
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@Puco4 They mean subtitles in both English and Chinese: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/93oy51/are_there_any_video_with_chinese_and_english/
范阮煌
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Winfred Huang
<p>I think it's okay to be use the old
word, old words always so beautiful
No problem in using it </p>

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Samah
<p>Is the language used in Chinese historical dramas usually antiquated/extra formal, and does that make them a bad (or maybe just too advanced) resource for practicing one's Mandarin? (I've just closed off HSK3, for reference.) There are a number of dramas I'd like to watch (mainly &quot;The Untamed / 陈情令&quot; and &quot;Oh My General / 将军在上&quot;), but I'm wondering if they'll get me used to out-dated language and cause me to sound like I'm 500 years old :^)</p>

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2020-08-16T00:19:26.067Z
These kinds of "study methods" questions tend to attract close votes here, although they are welcome questions at [Language Learning](https://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/).  We can migrate this question there, if you like.
Becky 李蓓
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Modern dramas are better than historical drama because actors speak more modern Chinese in modern dramas. But most of historical drama use modern Chinese in usual, but sometimes some ancient words will be used, if you use them in real life, it's a little unnatural.
T-Pioneer
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2020-08-16T04:49:51.403Z
Watch both, historical & "modern". It is from historical dramas that the beauty of the language comes through. Modern Chinese include a lot of slang. Unless your leisure time is so restricted that you have to opt for only one?
Wayne Cheah
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You can compare the "formal" language in historical drama to Shakespear-aged English. That is what we feel, and what the TV shows want us to feel.
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Are chinese historical dramas appropriate for learning Mandarin?
# Are chinese historical dramas appropriate for learning Mandarin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-15)

Is the language used in Chinese historical dramas usually antiquated/extra formal, and does that make them a bad (or maybe just too advanced) resource for practicing one's Mandarin? (I've just closed off HSK3, for reference.) There are a number of dramas I'd like to watch (mainly "The Untamed / 陈情令" and "Oh My General / 将军在上"), but I'm wondering if they'll get me used to out-dated language and cause me to sound like I'm 500 years old :^)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: These kinds of "study methods" questions tend to attract close votes here, although they are welcome questions at [Language Learning](https://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/).  We can migrate this question there, if you like.  
> **username_2**: Modern dramas are better than historical drama because actors speak more modern Chinese in modern dramas. But most of historical drama use modern Chinese in usual, but sometimes some ancient words will be used, if you use them in real life, it's a little unnatural.  
> **username_3**: Watch both, historical & "modern". It is from historical dramas that the beauty of the language comes through. Modern Chinese include a lot of slang. Unless your leisure time is so restricted that you have to opt for only one?  
> **username_4**: You can compare the "formal" language in historical drama to Shakespear-aged English. That is what we feel, and what the TV shows want us to feel.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2020-08-16. Score: 3

You can just learn the pronunciation in historical drama.
There are no doubt that the language you learn from historical drama must be out-dated language.Such as “盘缠” means money, but we all use “钱” now.

If you want learn language from TV play, i think you can watch urban drama instead of historical dram.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2020-08-16. Score: 2

Your worry is reasonable. Historical/fantasy TV series of China do use deprecated or ancient expressions which may not be suitable in modern daily use.  
I'd rather recommend documentaries or casual talk shows in CCTV-4 with dual subtitle, which use standard modern Chinese spoken by middle-class Chinese people.

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: What do you mean with *dual subtitles*?  
> **username_8**: @username_7 They mean subtitles in both English and Chinese: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChineseLanguage/comments/93oy51/are_there_any_video_with_chinese_and_english/  

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### Answer by username_9 on 2022-06-09. Score: 1

I think it's okay to be use the old
word, old words always so beautiful
No problem in using it


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