This is precisely what the popular South Korean TV dramas portray.

But for South Korean drama fans, W represents their wildest dreams, their ultimate love fantasy, and the trigger for their most recent* binge-watching* frenzy.

但对于韩剧迷来说，W代表着他们最天马行空的梦，最终极的爱情幻想，以及让他们变回刷剧狂人的那部剧。

Popularity of Korean TV Dramas and Ideological and Political Education in Colleges and Universities

韩剧风行与高校思想政治教育的思考

Millions of viewers in China last year tuned in to watch the 21-episode mini-series, which originally aired on the Seoul Broadcasting System, a leading South Korean network 。

去年，数以百万计的中国观众收看了这部21集的韩剧，它最初是在知名韩国电视台首尔放送（Seoul Broadcasting System）播出的。

Jean: I'm watching a new Korean soap opera.

珍：我在看一出新的韩剧。

Basics: Best known as a member of pop group JYJ, Park is well-known for his acting in the dramas Miss Ripley, and Missing You.

基本资料：他最广为人知的身份是流行组合JYJ的成员，因在韩剧《再见雷普利小姐》和《想你》中的表演而走红。

The first China felt of it was in 2000, when the TV series Autumn in My Heart aired.

“韩流”首度侵袭中国是在2000年，当时韩剧《蓝色生死恋》在中国热播。

And a big part of the credit for that goes to You Who Came From The Star, the South Korean TV series which is on the air now 。 Top South Korean actors Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun recently earned a popularity rating of 24.8 percent in their country, considered strong by Nielsen Korea.

这很大一部分功劳要归给正热播的韩剧《来自星星的你》。韩国一线演员全智贤（Jun Ji-hyun）和金秀贤近来在韩国赢得了24.8%的收视率，这在韩国尼尔森市场调查公司看来是颇高的。

The Discussion of the Korea TV Play and the Confucianism Culture

论韩剧与儒家文化

For instance, you have a project report to finish, but you are checking Weibo, updating WeChat Moments, and watching South Korean dramas on tablet.

比如，你有个项目报告要写，可是你却在刷微博、更新朋友圈、在平板上看韩剧。

Xiahn, 25, has a love for 'K-pop' and Korean dramas and became obsessed with looking like the locals during his time as an exchange student in the country.

25岁的夏恩热爱韩国K-pop组合和韩剧，后来在去韩国做交换生期间，他开始痴迷于拥有韩国人的面孔。

The popularity of Korean TV series in China brings us enlightenment.

韩剧在中国的热播给了人们诸多启迪。

and the Japanese disdains those who watch South Korean ones.

看日剧的瞧不起看韩剧的。

South Korean Drama: Miracle of Salted Fish Turns over

韩剧：咸鱼翻身的奇迹

Ma Ke, from Sohu.com, compares K-drama and Japanese drama.

来自搜狐网的马可（音译）对韩剧和日剧进行了一番比较。

But her breakthrough came in January, when she released Goodbye, a soundtrack single for the popular drama Man From the Stars.

而就在今年1月，她为热门韩剧《来自星星的你》录制了主题曲《Goodbye》，从而迎来了演艺生涯的重大突破。

Choi Kyung-un, a researcher with the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, says Chinese purchases in the country are driven by trends derived from Korean television, movies and K-pop music.

韩国文化和旅游学会（Korea Culture and Tourism Institute）研究员崔京云（Choi Kyung-un）表示，中国人在韩国购物受到了韩剧、韩国电影和韩国流行音乐潮流的驱动。

Japan has been by far the biggest foreign market ever since the success in 2003 of Winter Sonata, a mixture of slushy romance and high drama that won a huge following among middle-aged women ( see box).

日本一直是自2003年《冬季恋歌》（Winter Sonata）大获成功以来韩剧最大的海外市场。那是一部多愁善感、情节曲折的爱情片，受到了中年女性的热烈追捧。

Now there is speculation that Akie, a former DJ and fan of South Korean television dramas who is known to take an occasional drink, may help soften her husband's conservative image overseas.

安倍昭惠曾做过电台DJ，有点酒量，还是个韩剧迷。一些人猜测，这样一位第一夫人可能有助于改变安倍首相在国际上的保守形象。

When it comes to the music featured in K-dramas, songs like Kal-muri by the famous trot singer Na Hoon-a are particularly popular. But North Korean teens prefer the catchy Bogoshipda ( I Miss You) by Kim Bum-soo.

至于韩剧中的音乐，著名歌手Na Hoon-a的歌Kal-muri非常流行，但朝鲜年轻人更喜欢金范秀的我想你。

But Wolfgang Arlt, of Germany's China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, says the popularity of Korean television series and movies have also influenced travelers.

不过，德国研究机构中国出境游研究所（China Outbound Tourism Research Institute）的Wolfgang Arlt说，韩剧、韩国电影的热播也起到了拉拢游客的作用。