三さん光こう作さく戦せん

noun

Three Alls Strategy

Historical term for the Japanese scorched earth policy during the Second Sino-Japanese War; the name 三光 refers to 'kill all, burn all, loot all'.

• 三さん光こう作さく戦せんは、日にっ中ちゅう戦せん争そう中ちゅうに日本にほん軍ぐんが中ちゅう国ごくで行おこなった焦しょう土ど作さく戦せんの一ひとつである。

  The Three Alls Strategy was one of the scorched earth campaigns carried out by the Japanese military in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.