胜者王侯败者寇

shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 胜者王侯败者寇

胜
shèng

victory

败
bài

to defeat

王
wáng

king or monarch

王
wàng

to rule

者
zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

侯
hóu

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]

胜者
shèng zhě

winner

寇
kòu

to invade

王侯
wáng hóu

aristocracy