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title: "Dream of Golden Years (你好1983) with Pinyin Subtitles, Free | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Watch episode 1 of Dream of Golden Years (你好1983) from its official channel with every line in characters and tone-coloured pinyin, lit as it is spoken. HSK 1–4 words are 83% of what it says: see your level’s share and the words to learn first. Free, no sign-up."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas/dream-of-golden-years"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Dream of Golden Years with pinyin subtitles

Watch episode 1 of 你好1983 with every line in characters and pinyin.

梅花méihuāplum blossom

Press play.

The next episode is on YouTube. Get these lines under it.Tap any word as it plays, and keep the ones you want. [Add to Chrome](https://mandarinthewild.com/go/chrome?from=%2Fchinese-dramas%2Fdream-of-golden-years) [Open in the reader](https://mandarinthewild.com/read?watch=mLiSKNm_O1w&pinyin=1)

## How much of Dream of Golden Years would you understand?

The share of the words it says that are at your HSK level or below. Pick your level for a line from it and the words that take you furthest.

1. [HSK 155%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-1?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)
2. [HSK 268%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-2?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)
3. [HSK 376%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-3?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)
4. [HSK 483%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-4?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)
5. [HSK 587%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-5?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)
6. [HSK 690%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-6?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)
7. [HSK 7–994%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-7-9?drama=dream-of-golden-years#match)

## The words to learn first

The words above HSK 3 that Dream of Golden Years says most. Add them before you watch, and you’ll hear every one.

### Learn these 8 and you’d follow 77%

1. [就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; is (emphatic)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF)
2. [赶紧gǎn jǐnquickly; hurry (and …); without delay](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%B5%B6%E7%B4%A7)
3. [俩liǎtwo; both](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BF%A9)
4. [好好hǎo hǎoperfectly good; in good condition](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%A5%BD%E5%A5%BD)
5. [敢gǎnto dare (to)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%95%A2)
6. [滚gǔnget lost; beat it](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%BB%9A)
7. [闹钟nào zhōngalarm clock](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%97%B9%E9%92%9F)
8. [肯定kěn dìngsurely; definitely; certainly](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%82%AF%E5%AE%9A)

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%20%E8%B5%B6%E7%B4%A7%20%E4%BF%A9%20%E5%A5%BD%E5%A5%BD%20%E6%95%A2%20%E6%BB%9A%20%E9%97%B9%E9%92%9F%20%E8%82%AF%E5%AE%9A)

## Is Dream of Golden Years good for learning Chinese?

Dream of Golden Years (你好1983) is a 2026 drama of 36 episodes. Words from HSK 1 to 4 are 83% of what its characters say, number 7 of the 17 dramas we counted, easiest first, and its lines run at about 5.6 characters a second. Watch episode 1 above with pinyin, tap any line you missed to hear it again, then watch it once more without looking.

## What HSK level do I need to watch Dream of Golden Years?

At HSK 3 you’d know 76% of the words it says, at HSK 4 83%, at HSK 5 87% and at HSK 6 90%. Following a story with ease takes knowing about 95 to 98% of its words (Nation 2006), so below that, watch with the Chinese lines, their pinyin and a meaning for any word you don’t know, as this page gives you.

## Where can I watch Dream of Golden Years free?

Episode 1 plays above, free, from iQIYI 爱奇艺, the official channel that put the show on YouTube. On YouTube itself, turn its Chinese subtitles on with CC, then Chinese.

## How do I get pinyin on the other episodes?

Add the Mandarin The Wild extension to Chrome: every Chinese video on YouTube gets its line under the player with pinyin over each word, and a card with the meaning of any word you point at.

## Where do the lines and the pinyin come from?

The lines are the show’s own Chinese subtitles, uploaded by iQIYI 爱奇艺 with the episode. Our reader splits each line into words and gives each word the reading it has in that sentence; a word whose reading isn’t settled stays in characters rather than guess. The level counts are from its first 3 episodes, names left out.

## Is it free?

Yes, with no account.

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Episode 1 plays in YouTube’s player from iQIYI 爱奇艺, the show’s official channel. Lines from the show’s own Chinese subtitles; pinyin and counts from our reader, levels from the official HSK list (2025 syllabus). Dream of Golden Years belongs to its makers and plays here only as its channel published it.