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成王败寇
Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
成则为王,败则为寇 (成則為王,敗則為寇) chéng​zé​wéi​wáng, bài​zé​wéi​kòu
might makes right
The notion that success brings legitimacy and honor while failure results in being branded a criminal or loser, regardless of the morality of one's actions.
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