The Left Ear: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Li Er has a crush on the handsome and outstanding school senior Xu Yi, but Xu Yi is attracted to Li Bala, who has a distinct personality. Li Er becomes friends with Bala by chance, and also learns that Bala's pursuit of Xu Yi is related to Xu Yi's close friend, Zhang Yang. After graduation, the various protagonists embark on their own paths in life: Zhang Yang is admitted to Beijing University as he wished; Xu Yi goes to Shanghai to study at a vocational college; Jiang Jiao, who has always been determined to become a celebrity, begins to pursue her dream; But Bala passes away unexpectedly, forever remaining in everyone's memories. Zhang Yang has always harbored intense guilt towards Xu Yi, so he extends a helping hand to him whenever he can, hoping that Xu Yi will pick himself up. The following year, Li Er goes to Shanghai and has a brief relationship with Xu Yi, but they eventually break up. Zhang Yang and Li Er reunite twice during the Wenchuan earthquake and the Olympics, and having matured, the two gain a new understanding of each other and fall in love. Xu Yi meets a girl named Xia Mimi and finally bounces back. With the passage of time and maturing from their experiences, the various young people eventually support each other in emerging from the pain and difficulties of their youths.

Series details

• Title: The Left Ear
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2023-12-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-12-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Tencent QQ
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 73460
• TVDB ID: 360414

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-12-15; final listed air date 2023-12-15; episode order: 36.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Left Ear on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.