勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍 — Semantide dictionary

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6 results for 勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍

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勝てば官軍、負ければ賊軍

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か勝ka てte ばbaかんぐん、ま官軍、負けke れre ばbaぞくぐん賊軍zokugun

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong; if you win you are the loyalist army, if you lose you are the rebel army
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Kanji

勝victory, win12 strokes · Jōyō 軍army, force9 strokes · Jōyō 官bureaucrat, the government8 strokes · Jōyō 負defeat, negative9 strokes · Jōyō 賊burglar, rebel13 strokes · Jōyō