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大東亞共榮圈

简大东亚共荣圈 · 繁大東亞共榮圈

Mandarin · pinyin Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān

Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿 in 1938

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
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共: gòng · together with, all, total; to share
榮: Look up this written character
圈: quān · to circle; a circle; corral
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
亚: yà · Asia; second
荣: róng · glory, honor; flourish, prosper

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4–1–4–4–2–1 · Da4 Dong1 ya4 Gong4 rong2 quan1

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daai6 dung1 aa3 gung6 wing4 hyun1

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(historical) Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

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