大東亞共榮圈 dà dōng yà gòng róng quān

DEFINITIONS

  1. 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|近卫文麿 in 1938

CHARACTERS

大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
東 dōng east, eastern, eastward
亞 yà Asia; second; used as a prefix to names
共 gòng together with, all, total; to share
榮 róng glory, honor; flourish, prosper
圈 quān to circle; a circle; corral