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關東軍

简关东军 · 繁關東軍

Mandarin · pinyin Guān dōng jūn

Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII

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東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
軍: Look up this written character
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
军: jūn · army, military; soldiers, troops

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1–1–1 · Guan1 dong1 jun1

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Kwantung Army (an army group of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1919 to 1945)

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