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胜者王侯败者寇

shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu

7-character word Traditional 勝者王侯敗者寇

What 胜者王侯败者寇 means

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

The characters in 胜者王侯败者寇

• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 寇kòuto invade; to plunder; bandit