dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn
World War II
第
dì
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth")
二
èr
two
次
cì
next in sequence
世
shì
life
界
jiè
(bound form) boundary; border
大
dà
big; large; great
战
zhàn
to fight
