"Controversy" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 争议 | zhēng yì | controversy / dispute / to dispute |   |
| 争论 | zhēng lùn | to argue / to debate / to contend / argument / contention / controversy / debate / CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3] | |
| 轰动 | hōng dòng | to cause a sensation / to create a stir in (a place) / commotion / controversy | |
| 争端 | zhēng duān | dispute / controversy / conflict | |
| 轩然大波 | xuān rán dà bō | huge waves / (fig.) ruckus / controversy / sensation | |
| 疑案 | yí àn | a doubtful case / a controversy | |
| 论争 | lùn zhēng | argument / debate / controversy | |
| 掀起 | xiān qǐ | to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) | |
| 燃起 | rán qǐ | to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution) | |
| 跳进黄河洗不清 | tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng | lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble | |
| 跳进黄河说不清 | tiào jìn huáng hé shuō bù qīng | lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble | |
| 边界争端 | bian jiè zhēng duān | border controversy / border dispute | |
