"Turmoil" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 动荡 | dòng dàng | unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion |   |
| 动乱 | dòng luàn | turmoil / upheaval / unrest | |
| 纷扰 | fēn rǎo | turmoil / unrest / disturbance | |
| 扰动 | rǎo dòng | to disturb / to stir up / disturbance / agitation / turmoil | |
| 变乱 | biàn luàn | turmoil / social upheaval | |
| 身处 | shēn chǔ | in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by | |
| 心烦意乱 | xīn fán yì luàn | lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) / distraught with anxiety | |
| 乌烟瘴气 | wū yān zhàng qì | billowing smoke (idiom) / foul atmosphere / (fig.) murky atmosphere / in a turmoil | |
| 兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom) / turmoil and chaos of war | |
| 祸乱 | huò luàn | calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil | |
| 兵戈扰攘 | bīng gē rǎo rǎng | arms and confusion (idiom) / turmoil of war | |
| 五代十国 | Wǔ dài Shí guó | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China | |
| 兵乱 | bīng luàn | confusion of war / turmoil of war | |
| 文明小史 | Wén míng Xiǎo shǐ | Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] | |
| 风波不断 | fēng bō bù duàn | constantly in turmoil / crisis after crisis | |
| 忐忑不安 | tǎn tè - bù ān | (idiom) anxious / in turmoil | |
