Claire Lee Chennault (1890–1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, commander of the Flying Tigers 飞虎队[fēi hǔ duì], a volunteer group that assisted China in resisting Japanese forces during World War II
Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峡两岸关系协会[hǎi xiá liǎng àn guān xi xié huì] (2008-2013)
Chen Xiangmei (1925–2018), also known as Anna Chennault, Chinese-American writer and Republican politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陈纳德[chén nà dé]
History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[yáo sī lián] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
Chen Zhonglin, aka Xu Zhonglin 许仲琳[xǔ zhòng lín] (c. 1567–c. 1620), Ming novelist, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演义[fēng shén yǎn yì] is attributed, together with Lu Xixing 陆西星[lù xī xīng]
Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 开漳圣王[kāi zhāng shèng wáng], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[zhāng zhōu], Fujian
1.lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)2.fig. to feign one thing while doing another3.to cheat under cover of a diversion