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三光政策

Mandarin · pinyin Sān guāng Zhèng cè

Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII

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三: sān · three
光: guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
政: zhèng · government, political affairs
策: cè · scheme, plan; to whip; urge

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1–1–4–4 · San1 guang1 Zheng4 ce4

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(historical) Three Alls Policy; referring to mass killing, looting and razing of Chinese settlements under Japanese occupations during the Second Sino-Japanese War

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