| 障碍 | zhàng ài | barrier / obstruction / hindrance / impediment / obstacle |   |
| 障碍物 | zhàng ài wù | obstacle / hindrance | |
| 绊脚石 | bàn jiǎo shí | stumbling block / obstacle / someone who gets in your way | |
| 冲破 | chōng pò | breakthrough / to overcome an obstacle quickly | |
| 火焰山 | huǒ yàn shān | Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang | |
| 无坚不摧 | wú jiān bù cuī | no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom) / to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one | |
| 道高一尺，魔高一丈 | dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng | (idiom) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil / no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises | |
| 杀伤人员障碍物排除系统 | | Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System | |
| 防护性障碍物 | | protective obstacle | |
