Entry
胜shèng者zhě王wáng侯hóu败bài者zhě寇kòu

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

    trad. 勝者王侯敗者寇

Also written 勝者王侯敗者寇【shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu】

Characters in this word

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胜
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victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass, victorious, superior to, to get the better of, better than, surpassing, superb (of vista), beautiful (scenery), wonderful (view), (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear, equal to (a task)

Pinyin
shèng
Traditional
勝
Strokes
9
Frequency
11136 of 2500
Words starting with 胜Words ending in 胜Anywhere in a word
者
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(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ..., (after a noun) person involved in ..., -er, -ist, (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously), (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term), (old) (used at the end of a command), (old) this

Pinyin
zhě
Strokes
8
Frequency
890 of 2500
Words starting with 者Words ending in 者Anywhere in a word