| 举足轻重 | jǔ zú qīng zhòng | to play a critical role (idiom) / influential |   |
| 有影响 | yǒu yǐng xiǎng | influential | |
| 显达 | xiǎn dá | illustrious / influential / prestigious | |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone / influential family / great expert | |
| 大门 | dà mén | entrance / door / gate / large and influential family | |
| 世家 | shì jiā | family influential for generations / aristocratic family | |
| 站台 | zhàn tái | platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website | |
| 大宗 | dà zōng | large amount / staple / influential family of long standing | |
| 风云人物 | fēng yún rén wù | the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure | |
| 权贵 | quán guì | influential officials / bigwigs | |
| 米歇尔 | Mǐ xiē ěr | Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 | |
| 献殷勤 | xiàn yīn qín | to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself | |
| 梁启超 | Liáng Qǐ chāo | Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898 | |
| 昆曲 | Kūn qǔ | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times | |
| 凯恩斯 | Kǎi ēn sī | Keynes (name) / John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), influential British economist / Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia | |
| 望族 | wàng zú | distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old) | |
| 大族 | dà zú | large and influential family / clan | |
| 近水楼台先得月 | jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè | the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person | |
| 董仲舒 | Dǒng Zhòng shū | Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty | |
| 豪富 | háo fù | rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot | |
| 严复 | Yán Fù | Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences | |
| 王阳明 | Wáng Yáng míng | Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2] | |
| 鉴真 | Jiàn zhēn | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism | |
| 朴正熙 | Piáo Zhèng xī | Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard | |
| 八会穴 | bā huì xué | the eight influential points (acupuncture) | |
| 徐悲鸿 | Xú Bēi hóng | Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher | |
| 伊藤·博文 | | ITŌ / Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin | |
| 倪柝声 | Ní Tuò shēng | Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian | |
| 势族 | shì zú | influential family / powerful clan | |
| 势要 | shì yào | influential figure / powerful person | |
| 林纾 | Lín Shū | Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese | |
| 桩脚 | zhuāng jiǎo | pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election | |
| 河殇 | Hé shāng | River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s | |
| 积厚流广 | jī hòu liú guǎng | deep rooted and influential | |
| 闻达 | wén dá | illustrious and influential / well-known | |
| 鉴真和尚 | Jiàn zhēn hé shang | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism | |
| 阿Ｑ | A1 Q | Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2] | |
| 阿Ｑ正传 | A1 Q zhèng zhuàn | The true story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] | |
| 霍尔布鲁克 | Huò ěr bù lǔ kè | Holbrook (name) / Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009 | |
| 伊藤博文 | Yī téng Bó wén | ITŌ / Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin | |
| 大V | dà V | influential microblogger with a verified account (hence the "V") | |
| 走门路 | zǒu mén lù | to use social connections / to toady to influential people | |
| 阿Q | A1 Q | Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4] | |
| 阿Q正传 | A1 Q Zhèng zhuàn | The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] | |
| 抱大腿 | bào dà tuǐ | (coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous | |
| 绑桩 | bǎng zhuāng | (Tw) to buy off influential people (in an election, a call for tenders etc) | |
| 大树底下好乘凉 | dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng | lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom) / fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person | |
| 大咖 | dà kā | influential person / major player / big shot | |
| 功高盖主 | gōng gāo gài zhǔ | lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader | |
