| 战时 | zhàn shí | wartime |  |
| 抗日 | kàng Rì | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) | |
| 日本鬼子 | Rì běn guǐ zi | Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) | |
| 冼星海 | Xiǎn Xīng hǎi | Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4] | |
| 卡秋莎 | Kǎ qiū shā | Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII / also written 喀秋莎 | |
| 大东亚共荣圈 | 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|近卫文麿 / in 1938 | |
| 三大纪律八项注意 | Sān Dà Jì lu:4 Bā Xiàng Zhù yì | the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime | |
| 喀秋莎 | Kā qiū shā | Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII |  |
