胜者王侯败者寇

shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 胜者王侯败者寇

• 胜 胜 shèng: victory
• 败 败 bài: to defeat
• 王 王 wáng: king or monarch
• 王 王 wàng: to rule
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 侯 侯 hóu: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
• 胜者 胜者 shèng zhě: winner
• 寇 寇 kòu: to invade
• 王侯 王侯 wáng hóu: aristocracy