| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 安史之亂 | 安史之乱 | Ān Shǐ zhī luàn | An Shi Rebellion |
| 暴亂 | 暴乱 | bào luàn | riot; rebellion; revolt |
| 變亂 | 变乱 | biàn luàn | turmoil; social upheaval |
| 兵荒馬亂 | 兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | turmoil and chaos of war |
| 病急亂投醫 | 病急乱投医 | bìng jí luàn tóu yī | turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill - try anything when in a desperate situation |
| 撥亂反正 | 拨乱反正 | bō luàn fǎn zhèng | bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder |
| 趁亂逃脫 | 趁乱逃脱 | chèn luàn táo tuō | to run away in the confusion; to take advantage of the confusion to escape |
| 搗亂 | 捣乱 | dǎo luàn | (v) cause a disturbance; (v) look for trouble; intentionally bother sb |
| 動亂 | 动乱 | dòng luàn | turmoil; upheaval |
| 胡亂 | 胡乱 | hú luàn | carelessly; recklessly |
| 胡思亂想 | 胡思乱想 | hú sī luàn xiǎng | imaginings; let one's imagine run away with one |
| 慌亂 | 慌乱 | huāng luàn | (adj) frenetic; hurried |
| 混亂 | 混乱 | hùn luàn | confusion; chaos |
| 霍亂 | 霍乱 | huò luàn | cholera |
| 霍亂毒素 | 霍乱毒素 | huò luàn dú sù | cholera toxin |
| 霍亂杆菌 | 霍乱杆菌 | huò luàn gān jūn | Vibrio cholerae |
| 霍亂弧菌 | 霍乱弧菌 | Huò luàn hú jùn | Vibrio cholerae |
| 霍亂菌苗 | 霍乱菌苗 | huò luàn jūn miáo | cholera vaccine |
| 攪亂 | 搅乱 | jiǎo luàn | to confuse |
| 精神錯亂 | 精神错乱 | jīng shén cuò luàn | insanity |
| 狂亂 | 狂乱 | kuáng luàn | hysterical |
| 凌亂 | 凌乱 | líng luàn | chaos |
| 亂 | 乱 | luàn | in confusion; disorderly |
| 亂吃 | 乱吃 | luàn chī | to eat indiscriminately |
| 亂紀 | 乱纪 | luàn jì | |
| 亂碼 | 乱码 | luàn mǎ | mojibake (nonsense characters from misrendering an encoding) |
| 亂七八糟 | 乱七八糟 | luàn qī bā zāo | (idiom) in a mess |
| 亂世佳人 | 乱世佳人 | Luàn shì Jiā rén | Gone with the Wind (film) |
| 亂說 | 乱说 | luàn shuō | to make irresponsible remarks |
| 亂跳 | 乱跳 | luàn tiào | bounce |
| 亂寫 | 乱写 | luàn xiě | to write without basis |
| 亂作決定 | 乱作决定 | luàn zuò jué dìng | to make arbitrary decisions |
| 迷亂 | 迷乱 | mí luàn | confusion |
| 內亂 | 内乱 | nèi luàn | internal disorder; civil strife |
| 叛亂 | 叛乱 | pàn luàn | armed rebellion |
| 叛亂罪 | 叛乱罪 | pàn luàn zuì | the crime of armed rebellion |
| 擾亂 | 扰乱 | rǎo luàn | to disturb; to perturb; to harass |
| 散亂 | 散乱 | sǎn luàn | in disorder; messy |
| 騷亂 | 骚乱 | sāo luàn | disturbance; riot; create a disturbance |
| 紊亂 | 紊乱 | wěn luàn | disorder |
| 眼花繚亂 | 眼花缭乱 | yǎn huā liáo luàn | be dazzled |
| 雜亂 | 杂乱 | zá luàn | mess |
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