Inspired by the newly observed Ξ 0 c states by the LHCb Collaboration, we investigate the OKubo-Zweig-Iizuka-allowed two-body strong decays of the λ-mode 1P wave Ξ 0 c states within the chiral quark model. Our results indicate that: (i) The newly observed states Ξ c ð2923Þ 0 and Ξ c ð2939Þ 0 are good candidates of the λmode 1P wave Ξ 0 c states with the spin-parity J P ¼ 3=2 − , namely j 4 P λ 3=2 − i and j 2 P λ 3=2 − i, respectively. (ii) The other newly observed state Ξ c ð2965Þ 0 mostly corresponds to the λ-mode 1P-wave Ξ 0 c state with the spin-parity J P ¼ 5=2 − , namely j 4 P λ 5=2 − i. (iii) For the two λ-mode J P ¼ 1=2 − mixed states, the jP λ 1=2 − i 1 is a narrow state with a width of Γ ∼ 15 MeV and mainly decays into Ξ 0 c π, while the jP λ 1=2 − i 2 state has a width of Γ ∼ 52 MeV and dominantly decays into Ξ c π and Λ c K channels. If the broad structure around 2880 MeVobserved at LHCb arises from the new Ξ 0 c state, this state is very likely to be the jP λ 1=2 − i 2 state.