| 脏乱差 | zāng luàn chà | (coll.) squalid / squalor |  |
| 出乱子 | chū luàn zi | to go wrong / to get into trouble |  |
| 反叛乱 | | counterinsurgency | |
| 鸡霍乱 | jī huò luàn | fowl cholera | |
| 叛乱罪 | pàn luàn zuì | the crime of armed rebellion | |
| 惹乱子 | rě luàn zi | to stir up trouble / to get into trouble | |
| 骚乱者 | sāo luàn zhě | a rioter | |
| 义和乱 | yì hé luàn | the Boxer uprising | |
| 胡思乱想 | hú sī luàn xiǎng | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild | |
| 手忙脚乱 | shǒu máng jiǎo luàn | to act with confusion / to be in a flurry / to be flustered | |
| 眼花缭乱 | yǎn huā liáo luàn | to be dazzled | |
| 胡言乱语 | hú yán luàn yǔ | babbling nonsense (idiom) / crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch | |
| 心烦意乱 | xīn fán yì luàn | lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) / distraught with anxiety | |
| 杂乱无章 | zá luàn wú zhāng | disordered and in a mess (idiom) / all mixed up and chaotic | |
| 活蹦乱跳 | huó bèng luàn tiào | to leap and frisk about (idiom) / lively / healthy and active | |
| 心乱如麻 | xīn luàn rú má | one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom) / confused / disconcerted / upset | |
| 违法乱纪 | wéi fǎ luàn jì | to break the law and violate the rules (idiom) / misconduct | |
| 兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war | |
| 拨乱反正 | bō luàn fǎn zhèng | bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder | |
| 胡编乱造 | hú biān luàn zào | to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up | |
| 欢蹦乱跳 | huān bèng luàn tiào | glowing with health and vivacity (idiom) | |
| 犯上作乱 | fàn shàng zuò luàn | to rebel against the emperor (idiom) | |
| 胡诌乱扯 | hú zhōu luàn chě | to talk nonsense (idiom) / saying whatever comes into his head | |
| 胡诌乱道 | hú zhōu luàn dào | to talk nonsense (idiom) / saying whatever comes into his head | |
| 胡诌乱说 | hú zhōu luàn shuō | to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head | |
| 天花乱坠 | tiān huā luàn zhuì | lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments / hype | |
| 天下大乱 | tiān xià dà luàn | the whole country in rebellion | |
| 心慌意乱 | xīn huāng yì luàn | confused / rattled / flustered | |
| 食品骚乱 | | food riot | |
| 霍乱病床 | | cholera cots | |
| 霍乱防治 | | cholera control | |
| 社会溷乱 | | social collapse / social disruption | |
| 典型霍乱 | | classic cholera | |
| 戡乱行动 | | counterinsurgency operations | |
| 戡乱战争 | | counterinsurgency war | |
| 安史之乱 | An1 Shǐ zhī Luàn | An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty | |
| 丙子胡乱 | Bǐng zǐ Hú luàn | second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636) | |
| 步履紊乱 | bù lu:3 wěn luàn | to be in complete disorder | |
| 趁乱逃脱 | chèn luàn táo tuō | to run away in the confusion / to take advantage of the confusion to escape | |
| 丁卯胡乱 | Dīng mǎo Hú luàn | first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) | |
| 方寸大乱 | fāng cùn dà luàn | (idiom) to become agitated / to get worked up | |
| 方寸已乱 | fāng cùn yǐ luàn | (idiom) confused / troubled / bewildered | |
| 贵圈真乱 | guì quān zhēn luàn | (slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head | |
| 侯景之乱 | Hóu Jǐng zhī luàn | rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 / in 548 | |
| 黄巢之乱 | Huáng Cháo zhī luàn | late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao | |
| 黄巾之乱 | Huáng jīn zhī Luàn | the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
| 胡吹乱捧 | hú chuī luàn pěng | indiscriminate admiration (idiom) | |
| 霍乱毒素 | huò luàn dú sù | cholera toxin | |
| 霍乱杆菌 | huò luàn gǎn jūn | Vibrio cholerae / the cholera bacterium | |
| 霍乱弧菌 | huò luàn hú jùn | Vibrio | |
| 霍乱弧菌 | huò luàn hú jūn | cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae) | |
| 霍乱菌苗 | huò luàn jūn miáo | cholera vaccine | |
| 胡诌乱说 | hú zhōu - luàn shuō | (idiom) to talk random nonsense / to say whatever comes into one's head | |
| 胡诌乱傍 | hú zhōu luàn bàng | to talk random nonsense (idiom) / to say whatever comes into one's head | |
| 几可乱真 | jī kě luàn zhēn | to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing | |
| 精神错乱 | jīng shén cuò luàn | insanity | |
| 精神狂乱 | jīng shén kuáng luàn | delirium / mental illness | |
| 戡乱平反 | kān luàn píng fǎn | to suppress a rebellion (idiom) | |
| 骊姬之乱 | Lí Jī zhī Luàn | Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1] | |
| 凌乱不堪 | líng luàn bù kān | in a terrible mess (idiom) | |
| 壬辰倭乱 | rén chén wō luàn | Imjin war, Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598 | |
| 三藩叛乱 | Sān fān pàn luàn | rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi | |
| 三藩之乱 | sān fān zhī luàn | Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi | |
| 社会动乱 | shè huì dòng luàn | social unrest | |
| 手忙脚乱 | shǒu máng - jiǎo luàn | (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner / flustered | |
| 违法乱纪 | wéi fǎ - luàn jì | lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom) / fig. misconduct | |
| 瞎编乱造 | xiā biān luàn zào | random lies and falsehoods | |
| 小鹿乱撞 | xiǎo lù luàn zhuàng | fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions | |
| 应仁之乱 | Yīng rén zhī luàn | Ōnin war 1467-1477 between factions of Ashikaga shogunate | |
| 一团乱糟 | yī tuán luàn zāo | a chaotic mess | |
| 自乱阵脚 | zì luàn zhèn jiǎo | (idiom) to lose one's head / to panic / to go to pieces | |
| 快刀斩乱麻 | kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
| 病急乱投医 | bìng jí luàn tóu yī | lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom) / fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis | |
| 营养性紊乱 | | nutritional disorder | |
| 类霍乱弧菌 | | cholera-like vibrios | |
| 霍乱工作队 | | Cholera Task Force | |
| 反叛乱措施 | fǎn pàn luàn cuò shī | counter-insurgency measure | |
| 聚众淫乱罪 | jù zhòng yín luàn zuì | group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC) | |
| 快刀断乱麻 | kuài dāo duàn luàn má | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot | |
| 用乱石砸死 | yòng luàn shí zá sǐ | stoning | |
| 唯恐天下不乱 | wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn | to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom) | |
| 惟恐天下不乱 | wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn | motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos / lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder | |
| 环境秩序溷乱 | | disordered environment | |
| 太平天国之乱 | Tài píng Tiān guó zhī Luàn | Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), which ultimately failed but caused massive upheaval and weakened the Qing dynasty | |
| 创伤后压力紊乱 | chuāng shāng hòu yā lì wěn luàn | post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD | |
| 小不忍则乱大谋 | xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu | (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience | |
| 戡乱和丛林战学校 | | Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School | |
| 大规模扰乱性武器 | | weapon of mass disruption | |
| 全球防治霍乱工作队 | | Global Task Force on Cholera Control | |
| 关于终止叛乱的声明 | | Declaration on the end of the rebellious action | |
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