| 丑闻 | chǒu wén | scandal |   |
| 丑事 | chǒu shì | scandal | |
| 丑行 | chǒu xíng | scandal | |
| 诽闻 | fěi wén | scandal / gossip | |
| 弊案 | bì àn | scandal | |
| 曝光 | pù guāng | exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) | |
| 绯闻 | fēi wén | sex scandal | |
| 遮羞 | zhē xiū | to cover up one's embarrassment / to hush up a scandal | |
| 门 |  mén | gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) | |
| 李陵 | Lǐ Líng | Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 / in 104 BC led to a major scandal | |
| 毒奶粉 | dú nǎi fěn | poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] | |
| 满城风雨 | mǎn chéng fēng yǔ | lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town | |
| 家丑 | jiā chǒu | family scandal / skeleton in the closet | |
| 三鹿集团 | Sān lù Jí tuán | Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal | |
| 好事不出门，恶事传千里 | hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ | lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom) | |
| 德雷福斯案件 | Dé léi fú sī àn jiàn | Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice | |
| 恶事传千里 | è shì chuán qiān lǐ | evil deeds spread a thousand miles (idiom) / scandal spreads like wildfire | |
| 成何体统 | chéng hé tǐ tǒng | What a scandal! / Whatever next? | |
| 扒粪 | bā fèn | muckraking / to stir up scandal / to expose (corruption) | |
| 桃色新闻 | táo sè xīn wén | sex scandal | |
| 桃色案件 | táo sè àn jiàn | case involving sex scandal (law) | |
| 毒奶 | dú nǎi | poisoned milk / contaminated milk / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk products adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4] | |
| 电话门 | Diàn huà Mén | "Phone Gate", corruption scandal unearthed through telephone records | |
| 水门事件 | Shuǐ mén Shì jiàn | Watergate scandal | |
| 塌房 | tā fáng | (neologism c. 2020) (of a celebrity) to have one's reputation tank due to a scandal | |
| 扒粪 | pá fèn | muckraking / to stir up scandal / to expose (corruption) | |
