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title: "The Long Night (沉默的真相) with Pinyin Subtitles, Free | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Watch episode 1 of The Long Night (沉默的真相) from its official channel with every line in characters and tone-coloured pinyin, lit as it is spoken. HSK 1–4 words are 76% 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/the-long-night"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# The Long Night with pinyin subtitles

Watch episode 1 of 沉默的真相 with every line in characters and pinyin.

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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%2Fthe-long-night) [Open in the reader](https://mandarinthewild.com/read?watch=HqODiKTH8a4&pinyin=1)

## How much of The Long Night 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 146%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-1?drama=the-long-night#match)
2. [HSK 256%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-2?drama=the-long-night#match)
3. [HSK 365%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-3?drama=the-long-night#match)
4. [HSK 476%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-4?drama=the-long-night#match)
5. [HSK 582%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-5?drama=the-long-night#match)
6. [HSK 687%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-6?drama=the-long-night#match)
7. [HSK 7–993%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-7-9?drama=the-long-night#match)

## The words to learn first

The words above HSK 3 that The Long Night says most. Add them before you watch, and you’ll hear every one.

### Learn these 7 and you’d follow 67%

1. [队duìteam; group](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%98%9F)
2. [就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; is (emphatic)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF)
3. [尸体shī tǐcorpse; dead body](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%B8%E4%BD%93)
4. [杀shāto kill; to slaughter; (gaming) to kill an opponent](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9D%80)
5. [律师lǜ shīlawyer; attorney](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%88)
6. [安检ān jiǎnsecurity check](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%AE%89%E6%A3%80)
7. [局júgame; round; set (as in 一局棋)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B1%80)

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E9%98%9F%20%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%20%E5%B0%B8%E4%BD%93%20%E6%9D%80%20%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%88%20%E5%AE%89%E6%A3%80%20%E5%B1%80)

## Is The Long Night good for learning Chinese?

The Long Night (沉默的真相) is a 2020 drama of 12 episodes. Words from HSK 1 to 4 are 76% of what its characters say, number 11 of the 17 dramas we counted, easiest first, and its lines run at about 4.2 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 The Long Night?

At HSK 3 you’d know 65% of the words it says, at HSK 4 76%, at HSK 5 82% and at HSK 6 87%. 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 The Long Night 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 episode, names left out.

## Is it free?

Yes, with no account.

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- [Chinese YouTube videos by level](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-youtube-videos)
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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). The Long Night belongs to its makers and plays here only as its channel published it.