shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu

Traditional: 勝者王侯敗者寇

胜者王侯败者寇 (shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu) is a Chinese word meaning “the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom); history is written by the victors”.

Meanings

  1. 1the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2history is written by the victors

Characters in 胜者王侯败者寇

胜shèng · victory者zhě · (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...王wáng · king or monarch侯hóu · marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]败bài · to defeat者zhě · (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...寇kòu · to invade

Related words

或者or者(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...失败to be defeated受害者casualty王king or monarch王(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)王surname Wang死者the dead国王king胜利victory记者reporter; journalist打败to defeat

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