"Troubled times" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 乱世 | luàn shì | the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world |   |
| 昏天黑地 | hūn tiān hēi dì | lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times | |
| 浊世 | zhuó shì | the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) | |
| 多事之秋 | duō shì zhī qiū | troubled times / eventful period | |
