Chinese Dramas like When We Were Young
CPOP HOME collects the best Chinese dramas which the genres and plots are similar to When We Were Young.
When We Were Young
#1
Youth, School, Romance
Neo Hou, Wan Peng, Dai Luwa
In the summer of 1996, Yang Xi’s legs were injured by the shockwave of a laboratory explosion while chasing a car thief. She was unable to participate in the long-distance running race that would give her extra points in the entrance exam. After the start of the school year, Yang Xi found out that the “culprit” transferred to her class and took away the class president position...Exclusive Fairy Tale
#2
Youth, Romance, Comedy
JUN, Zhang Miaoyi
Sensitive, independent, and top student Ling Chao and cute but scatterbrained underachiever Xiao Tu have known each other since birth. Growing up together as childhood sweethearts, they experience a love-hate relationship, and their feelings for each other are gradually deep. With the help and support of their parents and friends, they finally sweetly fall in love.Reborn
#3
Youth, Romance, Suspense
Zhang Jingyi, Zhou Yiran
Transfer student Qiao Qingyu, who, with the help of rebellious school heartthrob Ming Sheng, gradually uncovers the truth behind her sister's "murder" by the entire village six years prior. As they navigate this journey, the two find mutual redemption and grow together. This narrative not only offers audiences a touching core of multifaceted emotional guardianship, but the young protagonists...Meteor Garden 2018
#4
Youth, School, Romance
Shen Yue, Dylan Wang, Darren Chen
Dong Shancai was a girl with mediocre qualifications but optimistic and strong. With the dream of making her family’s home cooking business bigger and stronger, she strived to get into the nutrition department of her ideal university, Mingde College and started her dream journey. But unexpectedly, she offended the head of the school’s popular figure, the head of F4, Daoming Shi....When I Fly Towards You
#5
Youth, School, Romance
Zhou Yiran, Zhang Miaoyi
Sixteen-year-old high school girl Su Zaizai grew up in a good family environment and became a person who is not infatuated, does not blindly follow others, and has her own opinions. On the first day of high school, Su Zaizai, who showed disdain for her good friend's infatuation, was instantly proven wrong when she encountered the aloof and handsome Zhang Lurang. Su Zaizai fell in love...Forever Love
#6
Youth, School, Romance
Wang Anyu, Xiang Hanzhi
Xia Linxi is a bright and talented student who is the best in the school, and Jiang Zhenghan is a computer master who learned programming on his own and makes a living from it. The first time they meet, Xia Linxi is ordered to catch Jiang Zhenghan, a truant student. With a little skill, she forces the unruly boy to follow her lead. However, Jiang Zhenghan subsequently becomes Xia Linxi’s...A River Runs Through It
#7
Youth, School, Romance
Richards Wang, Hu Yixuan
Xia Xiaoju transferred to a new school before the college entrance exams and met a new group of friends, including the generous Cheng Lang, the straightforward Lu Shiyi, and careless Qiu Letao, and so on. Although the new environment made her panic, and her acquaintance with her new friends started with a series of small misunderstandings, the frankness and mutual help made the young...Always Home
#8
Youth, Romance, School
Zhai Xiaowen, Zhou Keyu, Yang Xizi
In the summer of 2007, sixteen-year-old Chen Huan'er moves from her small hometown, Sishui, to the big city of Tianhe due to her mother's job transfer. There, she meets the football-loving boy Jing Qichi and the "top student" Song Cong. With her optimistic and cheerful attitude, Chen Huan'er adapts to her new environment, while facing various challenges such as Song Cong transferring...The Love Equations
#9
Youth, School, Romance
Gong Jun, Liu Renyu
Zhou Xiao is a cute girl who is interesting in detective. She always likes to write some detective stories anonymously published on the Internet, so also gained a lot of fame. On the way to Nan Fang University to report, Zhou Xiao got lost, which brought a lot of trouble to Zhao Fanzhou, the senior in charge of picking up. In Zhao Fanzhou’s mind, Zhou Xiao is an absolute accident...Shining For One Thing
#10
School, Romance, Fantasy
Karlina Zhang, Qu Chuxiao
Lin Beixing, who had always followed the step of her love but not been herself, was deeply hurt when her boyfriend cheated on her. She accidentally deleted text messages from her old cell phone while cleaning up items related to her ex-boyfriend, and frequently time-traveled back to high school. But every time in the most exciting moment, she was always dragged back to the real world....First Love Again
#11
Fantasy, Romance, Suspense
Patrick Shih, Amy Chen
A sweet encounter in parallel time and space between the “cool schoolboy” Ye Youning and the “sunflower girl” Xia Wenxi. With a one in a billion chance of meeting, they restart their high school life, meet their youthful playmates, and relive their first love.Your Highness, The Class Monitor
#12
Youth, School, Romance
Niu Junfeng, Xing Fei
Su Niannian, a straight-a-student who wants to enter Peking University and Qinghua University, failed her entrance exams because of a traffic accident. She entered an ordinary university in a small city. In this university, which she completely despised, she met a lot of “problem students” that she could not accept inside. She persuaded herself to stay for the time being with the...Love O2O
#13
Youth, School, Romance
Yang Yang, Zheng Shuang
The straight-A student and school beauty, Bei Weiwei, aspires to be a game engineer. She played hard to be an online game master with the name of “芦苇微微/Lu Wei Weiwei”. Because she refused to upload her real photo and was mercilessly abandoned by her partner, “真水无香/Zhen Shui Wu Xiang”, but accidentally got the admiration of “一笑奈何/Yi Xiao Nai He”, the...Addicted Heroin
#14
Youth, School, Romance
Timmy Xu, Huang Jingyu, Lin Fengsong
Since childhood, Bai Luoyin has been living with his father Bai Hanqi and her grandparents. At the age of 16, his mother, Jiang Yuan, wanted to remarry Gu Weiting, a high-ranking army officer. Gu Hai, Gu Weiting’s son, has always held a grudge against his father because of his mother’s death. Two brothers with resistance feeling coincidentally studied in the same class by chance....My Unicorn Girl
#15
Youth, School, Romance
Darren Chen, Chen Yao
Sang Tian is a lovely girl. On her 18th birthday, she made a wish to enter the skating team of her mother’s alma mater, Liu Ye University Sports Academy. However, she failed the skating entrance exam and was hired for the hockey team by accident. Since the hockey team does not recruit girls, she had to disguise herself as “Sang Tian” and dress up as a man. She thought her plan...Le Coup de Foudre
#16
Youth, Romance, School
Janice Wu, Zhang Yujian
Zhao Qiaoyi and Yan Mo are high school classmates. One is an academic loser, One is a straight-A student. They had a study abroad appointment on the eve of graduation. But this agreement was not completed because of a change in Qiao Yi’s family, and they disconnected after graduation. Four years later, they met again, and after a series of unexpected mistakes, Zhao Qiaoyi finally...First Romance
#17
Youth, School, Romance
Riley Wang, Wan Peng
Yan Ke, a piano prince, met Xiong Yifan, a girl he once had a crush on. They tried to get close to each other, resulting in a series of funny, surprising, and touching stories. It is a sweet adventure about ignorant first love.Wait, My Youth
#18
Youth, School, Romance
Nicky Li, Zhao Yiqin, Li Geyang
Su Cancan, a young girl who loves literature, met her good friends during her adolescence, the lively and cheerful Xu Meili, the handsome and unrestrained Lan Tianye, the gentle and elegant Lin Jiaze, the beautiful and melancholy Tao Yating. In everyone’s growth, there are many little secrets, there are also many worries. The sweetness and sadness of life also left one after another...Meeting You
#19
Youth, School, Romance
Guo Junchen, Wan Peng
A Mensa genius with innate social anxiety yet overflowing talent, Nan Xi, crosses paths with the bold, loyal, but emotionally fragile hot-blooded girl Xia Rui. Seemingly parallel, their fates intertwine against all odds. They say opposites attract—fire and water never mix—yet from the moment they meet, the balance of destiny is tipped. The "water-aligned boy" becomes a craftsman,...Lovely Us
#20
Youth, Romance, Life
Li Mingde, Tian Xiwei, You Haoran
In the summer of 2007, the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games was officially underway, and the Shude Staff Home finally ushered in the move of the whole house. Huang Chengzi, Tan Song, Zhu Jinxiao, Chen Zui, and He Jinzhao, who lived here, entered high school together, and at the same time celebrated their 16th year. In this group of youths, who call themselves the "Number...
