胜者王侯败者贼
shèng​zhě​wáng​hóu​bài​zhě​zéi

history is written by the victors

  • created sense approved 胜者王侯败者贼/勝者王侯敗者賊 · shèng​zhě​wáng​hóu​bài​zhě​zéi · history is written by the victors — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胜者王侯败者贼 / 勝者王侯敗者賊

    shèng​zhě​wáng​hóu​bài​zhě​zéi

    history is written by the victors

    the winners become princes and marquises, while the losers are vilified as bandits; the victors are always in the right

    胜者 (literal) → 胜者/勝者 · shèng​zhě · winner 王侯 (literal) → 王侯 · wáng​hóu · the nobility 败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to be defeated 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 贼 (literal) → 贼/賊 · zéi · traitor

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    created sense