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Promotional poster for Tiger Mom
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Genre | comedy-drama |
Based on |
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua |
Written by | Li Xiao |
Directed by | Yao Xiaofeng |
Starring |
Zhao Wei Tong Dawei Pan Hong Han Tongsheng Dong Jie Cui Xinqin Wang Sen Ji Zihan Han Qing Li Jia Guo Kaiming |
Country of origin | China |
Original language(s) | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 45 |
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Location(s) | Beijing |
Release | |
Original network | Dragon TV, Tianjin TV |
Original release | May 3, 2015 |
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Literal meaning | Tiger Mother, Cat Father | ||||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Hǔmā, Māobà |
Wade–Giles | Hu³ma¹, Mao¹pa⁴ |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Fu²maa¹, Maau¹baa¹ |
Tiger Mom is a Chinese television comedy-drama series that premiered in May 2015. It stars Zhao Wei and Tong Dawei. Filming began in May 2014. The drama marks Zhao's return to television after a 5-year absence.
A strong-willed disciplinarian mother (tiger mother) faces mountainous pressure raising her daughter, while her husband has an opposite view of how to raise their daughter.
Qian Qian is the school-aged daughter of Bi Sheng Nan (Zhao Wei) and Luo Su (Tong Dawei). After learning from others that the educational foundation starts in elementary school and witnessing first hand the difficult process of entering a great and prestigious school, Bi Sheng Nan realized that her daughter needs to catch up .
Determined to catch her daughter up with all the other kids, she has quickly grown into the role of a tiger mom while her easygoing husband Luo Su maintains that the happiness of Qian Qian is the most important, even if that means being academically behind. Mixed in the bag are two sets of opinionated grandparents and the reappearance of Luo Su’s ex-girlfriend.
The series was picked up by Fox International Channels for global releases.