Dadao March

The Dadao March is patroric song during the Second Sino-Japanese War (called the War of Resistance , this song is also commonly knows as Use the Dadao to hack down the devil's head, where the term devil was commonly referring to the invading Japanese soldiers.

History

Mai Xin wrote the song and lyrics to honor the courageous efforts of the 29th Army whom defended Marco Polo Bridge in Lugouqiao Incident, whose standard weapon was only a rifle and a Dadao . This song became the de-facto army marching song for the NRA, as shown in the movie and The Children of Huang Shi.

Lyrics

Simplified Chinese

大刀向鬼子们的头上砍去！

全国武装的弟兄们！

抗战的一天来到了，

抗战的一天来到了！

前面有东北的义勇军，

后面有全国的老百姓，

咱们中国军队勇敢前进，

看准那敌人！

把他消灭，把他消灭！

冲阿!

大刀向鬼子们的头上砍去，

杀！

Traditional Chinese

大刀向鬼子們的頭上砍去！

全國武裝的弟兄們！

抗戰的一天來到了，

抗戰的一天來到了！

前面有東北的義勇軍，

後面有全國的老百姓，

咱們中國軍隊勇敢前進，

看準那敵人！

把他消滅，把他消滅！

衝啊!

大刀向鬼子們的頭上砍去，

殺！

Hanyu Pinyin

dà dāo xiàng guǐ zǐ mén de tóu shàng kǎn qù ！

quán guó wǔ zhuāng de dì xiōng mén ！

kàng zhàn de yī tiān lái dào le ，

kàng zhàn de yī tiān lái dào le ！

qián miàn yǒu dōng běi de yì yǒng jūn ，

hòu miàn yǒu quán guó de lǎo bǎi xìng ，

zán mén gōng nóng jūn duì yǒng gǎn qián jìn ，

zhàn shèng quán bù dí rén ！

bǎ tā mén xiāo miè ， xiāo miè ， xiāo miè ！

dà dāo xiàng guǐ zǐ mén de tóu shàng kǎn qù ，

shā ！

English Translation

Use the Dadao to hack down the devil's head!

The armed brothers all over the nation,

The war of resistance has started,

The war of resistance has started,

The Voluteers Army in the northeast is in the front fighting,

Citizens all over the nation is in the back supporting,

Our Chinese army march bravely,

Aim straight at the enemy,

Destroy them, Destroy them!

Charge!

Use the Dadao to hack down the devil's head

Kill!